The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Shields by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Kilkeel at 0.6%, Clogher at 0.31%, and Ballymoney at 0.2%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.
The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Shields by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Foremass in County Tyrone at 3.48%, Mallybreen in County Fermanagh at 2.8%, and Scrabby in County Cavan at 2.48%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Shields. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 50.21%, married were 40.54%, and either widowed or widow were 9.25%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Shields. The most common first name was John at 116 people, followed by Mary at 112 people, James at 106 people, and William at 88 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Shields.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Shields. Each religion has been rounded to the nearest whole percentage and any religion less than 3% has been classified as other. The most common religion was Catholic at 49.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Shields. The most common occupation was Farmer at 131 people, followed by Farmers Son at 42 people, and General Labourer at 24 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Shields who were born in each of the counties in Ireland. Unlike the proportion of the population above, this is the reported birthplace on the census. The counties with the highest proportion from it were Down at 0.16%, followed by Tyrone at 0.1%, Armagh at 0.09%, and Antrim at 0.09%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.
For the literacy pie chart shown, there are three categories, one for those who could read and write, another for those who could read only and the final for those who could not read or write. The pie chart is based on the population with surname Shields. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 86.35%, read only were 3.96%, and not able to read or write were 9.68%.
The bar shown here is the percentage (in green) who could speak Irish while the percentage in red were those who do not speak Irish or if the census entry was blank or unknown for the population with surname Shields. The proportion who could speak Irish was 7.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 93.0%.