Census 2011 - Preliminary results

Number of Dáil members per population and percentage change 2006 to 2011 by Constituency, Year and Statistic

2011

Population 2006 (Number)

Population 2011 (Number)

Percentage change in population 2006-2011 (%)

Number of Dáil members (Number)

Population per Dáil member 2006 (Number)

Population per Dáil member 2011 (Number)

Carlow-Kilkenny

133,745

145,533

8.8

26,749

29,107

Cavan-Monaghan

120,000

133,369

11.1

24,000

26,674

Clare

105,571

111,177

5.3

26,393

27,794

Cork East

100,168

113,954

13.8

25,042

28,488

Cork North-Central

100,180

104,846

4.7

25,045

26,212

Cork North-West

74,619

81,521

9.2

24,873

27,174

Cork South-Central

129,379

134,992

4.3

25,876

26,998

Cork South-West

76,949

82,815

7.6

25,650

27,605

Donegal North-East

73,874

82,779

12.1

24,625

27,593

Donegal South-West

73,390

78,148

6.5

24,463

26,049

Dublin Central

104,674

113,028

8.0

26,168

28,257

Dublin Mid-West

100,399

110,464

10.0

25,100

27,616

Dublin North

98,340

114,143

16.1

24,585

28,536

Dublin North-Central

75,276

74,366

-1.2

25,092

24,789

Dublin North-East

76,160

81,022

6.4

25,387

27,007

Dublin North-West

73,327

78,692

7.3

24,442

26,231

Dublin South

130,377

141,333

8.4

26,075

28,267

Dublin South-Central

122,168

126,777

3.8

24,434

25,355

Dublin South-East

100,305

103,163

2.8

25,076

25,791

Dublin South-West

97,989

105,614

7.8

24,497

26,404

Dublin West

105,668

117,126

10.8

26,417

29,282

Dún Laoghaire

102,493

104,875

2.3

25,623

26,219

Galway East

100,629

110,075

9.4

25,157

27,519

Galway West

131,041

140,466

7.2

26,208

28,093

Kerry North-West Limerick

77,492

80,650

4.1

25,831

26,883

Kerry South

75,489

77,756

3.0

25,163

25,919

Kildare North

106,500

119,680

12.4

26,625

29,920

Kildare South

79,835

90,275

13.1

26,612

30,092

Laois-Offaly

133,651

152,824

14.3

26,730

30,565

Limerick City

100,993

102,121

1.1

25,248

25,530

Limerick

75,295

81,535

8.3

25,098

27,178

Longford-Westmeath

106,211

116,592

9.8

26,553

29,148

Louth

128,600

143,168

11.3

25,720

28,634

Mayo

123,839

130,552

5.4

24,768

26,110

Meath East

76,631

86,531

12.9

25,544

28,844

Meath West

76,393

85,482

11.9

25,464

28,494

Roscommon - South Leitrim

74,384

80,794

8.6

24,795

26,931

Sligo-North Leitrim

74,228

80,152

8.0

24,743

26,717

Tipperary North

80,203

84,938

5.9

26,734

28,313

Tipperary South

74,748

79,770

6.7

24,916

26,590

Waterford

106,530

112,091

5.2

26,632

28,023

Wexford

131,749

145,273

10.3

26,350

29,055

Wicklow

130,356

140,807

8.0

26,071

28,161

State

4,239,848

4,581,269

8.1

166

25,541

27,598

Figures in the above table for 2011 are preliminary figures only.

Constituency is as defined in the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Act 2009 for elections to Dáil Éireann.