I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 16 and 17 together and, as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to circulate it with the Official Report. The figures of population given are the earliest and the latest Census of Population figures published for the electoral areas.
Following is the statement:—
Electoral Area
|
Population per 1961 Census
|
Population per 1956 Census
|
Change in Population +=increase -=decrease
|
Rateable* Valuation at 1st March, 1965
|
Rateable* Valuation at 1st March, 1955
|
Increase in Valuation
|
|
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
No. 1
|
85,921
|
73,675
|
+ 12,246
|
460,547
|
303,166
|
157,381
|
No. 2
|
50,503
|
54,384
|
- 3,881
|
270,229
|
251,730
|
18,499
|
No. 3
|
61,523
|
53,211
|
+ 8,312
|
296,876
|
215,541
|
81,335
|
No. 4
|
56,752
|
62,788
|
- 6,036
|
219,107
|
202,739
|
16,368
|
No. 5
|
81,707
|
82,971
|
- 1,264
|
224,681
|
194,430
|
30,251
|
No. 6
|
53,579
|
60,233
|
- 6,654
|
326,101
|
303,288
|
22,813
|
No. 7
|
72,890
|
72,177
|
+713
|
364,449
|
316,926
|
47,523
|
No. 8
|
47,440
|
48,465
|
- 1,025
|
355,935
|
311,272
|
44,663
|
No. 9
|
27,133
|
31,550
|
- 4,417
|
831,482
|
747,746
|
83,736
|
* Excludes valuation of gas, water and electric mains etc. which are not apportioned between the electoral areas.