Official data from the Central Statistics Office
Census of Population
Data from the Irish Census is available from ISSDA. The following datasets are available:
- Sample of Anonymised Records (SAR): A 5% anonymised, individual level sample of the data, this is available for the 1996, 2002 and 2006 Censuses. Please see below for associated documentation and a request form.
- Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS): This breaks the national data down by various
geographic levels
(Electoral Division, Gaeltacht, etc.). SAPS for 1981-2002 are
available from ISSDA;
2006 data is available from the CSO website at
http://www.cso.ie/census/default.htm. - Place of Work sample of anonymised records (POWSAR): This concentrates on transport questions, and is available from ISSDA for 2002 only. The 2006 edition of the data, the Place of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR) is only available, under strict conditions, to bone fide researchers who are approved by CSO and are signed up as Officers of Statistics for the duration of their research. Further details are available in the POWCAR User Guide.
This data is only available for use by bona fide research projects. Any requests for consultancy or commercial uses of this data must be directed to the Central Statistics Office.
Further information on the Census is available from the CSO here.
The request forms (see below) for these data files must be completed, signed, and posted to ISSDA at the following address:
Irish Social Science Data Archive
UCD Geary Institute
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4.
5% anonymised sample documentation 1996-2006
| Data request form | cso-copsar-contract.doc |
| 2006 Codebook | SAR User Guide 2006 |
| 2002 Codebook | SARUserGuide2002.pdf |
| 1996 Codebook | copsar-codebook.pdf |
| Other documentation | 2002 Census Form |
| 1996 Census Form |
SAPS documentation 1981-2002
| Data request form | cso-saps-contract.doc |
| 2002 documentation | saps-2002.pdf |
| Other 2002 docs | 2002 Census Form |
| 1996 documentation | saps_cop_1996.pdf |
| Other 1996 docs | 1996 Census Form |
| 1991 documentation | saps_cop_1991.pdf |
| 1986 documentation | saps_cop_1986.pdf |
| 1981 documentation | saps_cop_1981.pdf |
Place of work sample files 2002
| Data request form | cso-powsar-contract.doc |
| 2002 Documentation | powsar-codebook-2002.pdf |