Small Areas (Census 2011) FCC

Small Areas are areas of population comprising between 50 and 200 dwellings created by The National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis(NIRSA) on behalf of the Ordnance Survey Ireland(OSi) in consultation with CSO. Small Areas were designed as the lowest level of geography for the compilation of statistics in line with data protection and generally comprise either complete or part of townlands or neighbourhoods.

There is a constraint on Small Areas that they must nest within Electoral Division boundaries. The small area boundaries have been amended in line with population data from Census 2011