Table schema:
CREATE TABLE table_name_16 (area_km_2 VARCHAR, census_ranking VARCHAR, population VARCHAR)

Question: What is the area of the parish with a population larger than 1,172 and a census ranking of 1,871 of 5,008?
SQL: SELECT COUNT(area_km_2) FROM table_name_16 WHERE census_ranking = "1,871 of 5,008" AND population > 1 OFFSET 172