GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF POPULATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1937 COUNTY OF ARMAGH Printed and presented pursuant to the provisions of 26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw.. 8, Chap. 25 BELFAST PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND To be purchased directly from H.M. Stationery Office at the following addresses 80 CHICHESTER STREET, BELFAST Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh 2 26 York Street, Manchester 1 ; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff or through any Bookseller 1938 Price 2s. 6d. net. -. ..--~.- _, .. __ ... '- "j.-..=---- ... - --.-- -:::-- iii. PREFACE. ... This volume has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 (1) of the Census Act fNorthern Ireland), 19:16, from the census returns made as at midnight of the 28th February-1st March, 1937. The statistics contained herein supersede those contained in the Preliminary Report published in July, 1937, and rnay be regarded as final. The census which was taken in 1937 was a special one in the sense that it was limited in scope and vvas taken during the interval between normal census years, thus bridging the gap between the 1926 census and the next full census. Certain questions usually found on census schedules, such as those regarding occupation and industry, were not asked, but a question as to usual residence -vvas included for the first time. The 1937 census publications will consist of :- 1. SEVEN CouNTY VoLUMES, each similar in design and scope. The smallest area for which statistics are given in the county volumes is the district electoral division, but statistics in respect of townlands, similar to those given in table 4, have been prepared in the Census Office and are available for reference upon application to the Registrar General. 2. GENERAL REPORT for the whole country, covering in more detail the statistics shown in the county volumes, and, in addition, containing tables on fertility. 3. SUPPLEMENT TO 1926 ToPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. This supplement will be: designed for use in conjunction with the 1926 topographical index in order to facilitate reference to the statistics given in the 1937 census reports. It will cover the topographical changes during the intercensal period. The net prices for the 1937 census publications -vvill be 2s. 6d. for each county volume, 5s. Od. for the general report and ls. Od. for the topographical index supplement. The volumes for Belfast County Borough and County Antrim have already been published. • The remaining county volumes will be published at intervals as completed, and the other two volumes as soon as possible thereafter. These publications will be obtainable directly from the Superintendent, H.M. Stationery Office, 80 Chichester Street, Belfast, or through any bookseller. The 1926 census publications are similar in arrangement to the 1937 series (see advertisement on back of cover), but they incorporate additional tables on occupations, industries, education, orphanhood, dependent children, infirmities, and nationality. In addition the 1926 county volumes contain population and housing figures for each townland and village. The Registrar General is empo,vered by Section 6 (2) of the Census Act (Nor­ thern Ireland), 1936, to prepare and supply from the census returns statistics other than those published in the census reports at the request and cost of any local authority or person. Any special demands for statistics more detailed than those published (either as regards subject matter or area) can thus, as far as office records permit, be satisfied. Requests for special compilation of census statistics should be addressed to the Registrar General, who will be pleased to advise and furnish an estimate of cost. MINISTRY OF FINANCE, GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, FERMANAGH HOUSE, 0RMEAU AVENUE, BELFAST. SEPTEMBER, 1938. lV CONTENTS. EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DEFINITIONS : Page Area vi Population vi Administrative Divisions vi Houses vi Rooms vii Families vii Rateable Valuation vii Usual Residence .. viii Birthplaces viii Religions viii Numbering of Tables . viii Convention as to Dots (.) and Dashes (-) viii Correction of Census Data viii PART I.-STATISTICAL NOTES. AREA ix POPULATION IX Urban and Rural Districts X Towns other than Urban Districts xi Unions and Dispensary Districts XI County Electoral Divisions xi Parliamentary Constituencies xi Education Area xii HOUSING-BUILDINGS, ROOMS, FAMILIES, Etc. xii Houses xii Persons per Inhabited House and Persons per Census Family xii Housing in Urban and Rural Districts xiii Overcrowding xiv Housing in Dispensary Districts XV INSTITUTIONS, Etc. XV USUAL RESIDENCE xvi SEX, AGE, AND MARITAL CONDITION xvi BIRTHPLACES XX RELIGIONS xxi v PART II.-TABLES. ABBREVIATIONS :-CO.-County; U.D.-Urban District; R.D.-Rural District; U.-Poor Law Union; D.-Dispensary District; C.E.D.-County Electoral Division; D.E.D.-District Electoral Division; Towns-Towns created under the Towns Improvement (I) Act, 1854, and clusters of 50 or more houses. Area for which Table Subject of Table statistics are given Page I Area, Houses, and Population, 1937 . Co. 1 2 Population, 1821-1937 . Co. .. 1 3 Population, 1926 and 1937, and Analysis of Intercensal Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 2 Changes 4 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co., U.D's, R.D's, 3 D.E.D.'s .. 5 Population, Houses, and Accom11.1,odation . Towns .. 5 6 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co., U's, D's .. 5 7 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co., C.E.D's .. 6 8 Private Houses and Population therein . Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 7 9 Inhabited Private Houses, Rooms, and Families .. Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 8 10 Private Families : Size, Rooms Occupied, and Density of Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 10 Room Occupation 11 Inhabited Buildings, etc., other than Private Houses: Class, Co., U.D's, R.D's •. 14 Number, Total Population, and (for Institutions} Number of Inmates 12 Population, Parliamentary Electors, and Members of Parlia­ Parliamentary 15 ment Constituencies 13 Adjustment of Enumerated Population to obtain Resident Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 15 Population 14 Ages (Individual Years), Sex, and Marital Condition . Co. .. 16 15 Ages (Quinquennial Groups), Sex, and Marital Condition .. Urban Aggregate 18 Rural Aggregate 16 Ages (Quinquennial Groups), Sex, and Marital Condition . Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 19 17 Population under 21 by Ages (Individual Years} and Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 21 Religion (Roman Catholic and Other Denominations) 18 Birthplaces . Co. .. 24 19 Persons born outside N orthem Ireland by Religion, Sex, Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 25 and Duration of Residence in N orthem Ireland 20 Religions . .. Co., U.D's, R.D's .. 27 Vi EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME. AREA. The acreages given are as measured by the Ordnan~e. Sur':ey of 1899-1907 (foreshore being excluded), and relate to the several administrative areas as con­ stituted at the date of the 1937 census. ·The acreage covered by the larger rivers and lakes is not included in the body of tables 4, 6 and 7, but is given in footnotes thereto. POPULATION. The population comprises all persons, including Forces of the Crown, enume­ rated as at midnight of Sunday, 28th February-1st March, 1937. The population assigned to each area comprises all persons who were actually present within it, whether as residents or visitors, persons on board ship in port being included in the area adjacent to the port. In general these definitions apply to the population figures for previous census enumerations \Vhich have been included in some of the tables. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS. The County is divided into nine county districts (five urban and four rural), comprising 82 district electoral divisions, seven of which are coterminous with entire urban districts or wards thereof (see table 4). The district electoral division forms the unit for the purpose of poor law elections. Four poor la\v unions are contained within the County-one wholly and three partly; the remaining portions of the divided unions being situated in Antrim and Down Counties. The medical dispensary districts situated in the County number hventy (see table 6). Poor lavv unions and medical dispensary districts are, respectively, superintendent registrars' and registrars' districts for the regis­ tration of n1arriages, births and deaths. There are four parliamentary constituencies for elections to the Northern Ireland Parliament, and one for elections to the United I{ingdoln Parliament (see· table 12). ~ The County is divided into twenty county electoral divisions, which are the units for the purpose of County Council elections (see table 7). The County forms a single regional education area under the authority of the county council. The changes made in the constitution or boundaries of administrative divisions of the County during the last intercensal period are as follows:- (a) Wards in th~ Urban District of Portadown were abolished, and the three former district electoral divisions amalgamated into one district electoral division '(24th April, 1933) ; (b) Th~t part o~ t.he District Electo_ral Division of Derrymore formerly situated Within the Ballybot Dispensary District was transferred to. the Mullaghglass Dispensary District (1st April, 1936) ; (c) The. crec~.tion by the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redis-· tnbuhon of s.eats) . Act (Northern Ireland), 1929, of four parlia­ mentary constituencies for the purpose of elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. HOUSES. 1. .. The term '' House '' denotes (a) each ?tructure containin&" dwelling accommodation (except institutions) which stands alone or IS separated from another by a vertical parting: wall; Vll (b) each institution (viz., hospital, sanatotium, nursing home, infirmary, workhouse, asylum, religious or charitable community, residenti~l school, barracks, or other premises under Naval, Military, Air Force, or Police discipline, prison or other place of detention), regardless of the number of buildings within its precincts ; (c) each vessel, caravan, tent, or other movable dwelling.