The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland: visualisation of growth and shrinkage in Irish Electoral Divisions (1986–2016)

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Figure 1. The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland: Visualisation of growth and shrinkage in Irish Electoral Divisions (1986–2016).

A map of Ireland showing population changes in intercensual periods and from 1986 to 2016. The main map – which focuses on the overall period – also includes inset maps into Ireland’s five main cities. Population loss is predominately experienced in the west and midlands of Ireland. Areas near main cities tend to experience population increases. Inset maps show, however, some EDs within cities have also experienced population decreases.

Table 1. Components of population change – change in population since previous census (1986–2016).

Time period	1986–1991	1991–1996	1996–2002	2002–2006	2006–2011	2011–2016
Population change since last census	−14,924	100,368	291,116	322,645	348,404	173,613

Source: CSO (2020).

Table 2. Components of population change – estimated net migration (1986–2016).

Time period	1986–1991	1991–1996	1996–2002	2002–2006	2006–2011	2011–2016
Net migration	−134,170	8302	153,881	191,331	122,292	−24,669

Source: CSO (2020).

CSO. (2020). Components of population change since 1926. https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/C0401/XLSX/2007/en%0A

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Data availability statement

Raw Census of Population data is available from Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA). Rectified dataset is part of funded PhD and not yet available to share.