NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Central Statistics Office (Ireland)Tabulations only Geography Ireland (IRL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 04/2016 - 05/2016 Data type Census: De factoHouseholdNationally representativeSubnationally representative Summary The 2016 Census of Population and Housing in Ireland was conducted by the Central Statistics Office on April 24, 2016 via the delivery and collection of self-administered questionnaires by census enumerators. The questionnaire covered a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and included questions on disability and chronic illness. The total population of Ireland in 2016 was enumerated at 4,761,865, a 3.8% increase since 2011. Keywords Assets, Birth place, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Health status, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household heat, Housing conditions, International migration, Internet, Languages, Limited mobility, Live births, Marital status, Mental and behavioral disorders, Pain, Race, Religion, Sanitation, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply, Population Citation Contributors Central Statistics Office (Ireland) Publication year 2017 Suggested citation Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Ireland Population and Housing Census 2016. 2017. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 26, 2024