10.7929/ISSDA/XKN5M5Central Statistics Office (CSO)ISSDA2026Social SciencesDemographyEconomic activityEducational backgroundEmploymentHousing tenureInternet accessHousing ageAcademic achievementCarsCensus dataCivil statusPopulation migrationPlace of birthAgeEmployment statusComputersWastewater disposal and handlingWater supplyReligious affiliationCentral heatingSexCensusesISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive2026-02-17Survey data0007-0367061315417996428233514875321480application/pdfapplication/x-spss-syntaxtext/x-fixed-fieldtext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/pdf1.0A 5% anonymised, individual level sample of the data covering demographic and socio-economic variables has been made available from the 2006 Census. A Census of Population of Ireland was taken on the night of Sunday, 23 April 2006, in accordance with the Statistics (Census of Population) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 786 of 2005). The census figures relate to the de facto population, i.e. the population recorded for each area represents the total of all persons present within its boundaries on the night of Sunday, 23 April 2006, together with all persons who arrived in that area on the morning of Monday, 24 April 2006, not having been enumerated elsewhere. <br> Census data is collected every 5 years.A 5% anonymised, individual level sample of the data from the Census. The census data relate to the de facto population, i.e. the population recorded for each area represents the total of all persons present within its boundaries on Census night together with all persons who arrived in that area on the following morning, not having been enumerated elsewhere.<br> Census data is collected every 5 years. ISSDA holds COPSAR data for 1996, 2002 and 2006 only.<b> Data is available to request for non-commercial research and teaching purposes </b><br>For non-commercial research use please fill in the ISSDA Data Request Form for Research Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets here: <a href="https://www.ucd.ie/issda/t4media/ISSDA_Data_Request_Form_for_Research_Purposes_Pseudonymised_Datasets.docx">Request Form for Research Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets</a> and email it to: <a href="issda@ucd.ie">issda@ucd.ie</a><br>For teaching use please fill in the ISSDA Data Request Form for Teaching Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets here: <a href="https://www.ucd.ie/issda/t4media/ISSDA_Data_Request_Form_for_Teaching_Purposes_Pseudonymised_Datasets.docx">Request Form for Teaching Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets</a> and email it to: <a href="issda@ucd.ie">issda@ucd.ie</a><br>Please note that ISSDA provides access to the 5% anonymised, individual level sample of the data. A 10% anonymised sample is available on the <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international/">IPUMS International website</a>. IPUMS hosts Census data from 104 countries covering 656 Censuses and over 1 billion persons.