NEW SOUTH WALES—CENSUS OF THE YEAR 1841., GENERAL ABSTRACT of the Returns of the Population and Houses in the different Counties, Commissioners' Districts beyond the Boundaries of Location, Penal Settlements, and employed on Board the Colonical Vessels, according to the CENSUS, taken on 2nd March, 1841.
COUNTY OR DISTRICT. NUMBER OF EACH AGE. MARRIED OR SINGLE. CIVIL CONDITION. RELIGION. OCCUPATION. TOTALS. HOUSES.
MALES. FEMALES. MALES. FEMALES. MALES. FEMALES.
FREE. BOND. FREE. BOND.
Under Two Two and under Seven Seven and under Fourteen Fourteen and under Twenty-one Twenty-one and under Forty-five Forty-five and under Sixty Sixty and upwards Under Two Two and under Seven Seven and under Fourteen Fourteen and under Twenty-one Twenty-one and under Forty-five Forty-five and under Sixty Sixty and upwards Married Single Married Single Born in the Colony Arrived Free Other Free Persons Holding Tickets of Leave In Government Employment In Private Assignment Born in the Colony Arrived Free Other Free Persons Holding Tickets of Leave In Government Employment In Private Assignment Church of England Church of Scotland Wesleyan Methodists Other Protestant Dissenters Roman Catholics Jews Mahomedans and Pagans Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers, and Professional Persons Shopkeepers and other Retail Dealers Mechanics and Artificers * Shepherds and others in the care of Sheep Gardeners, Stockmen, and Persons employed in Agriculture Domestic Servants All other Persons not included in the Foregoing Classes Males Females General Totals Stone or Brick Wood TOTAL. Finished Unfinished Inhabited Uninhabited
County of Argyle 96 175 133 115 1,662 206 47 115 165 119 85 429 42 8 432 2,002 415 548 358 580 498 316 145 537 351 438 110 20 44 1,799 451 4 21 1,087 30 5 102 24 175 485 797 230 1,584 2,434 963 3,397 94 201 295 264 31 291 4
County of Bathurst 79 126 91 107 1,221 142 27 65 131 79 69 306 22 275 1,518 276 396 272 446 371 243 42 419 256 320 52 12 20 12 1,416 247 124 3 671 4 89 27 133 458 466 212 1,080 1,793 672 2,465 125 132 257 212 45 257
County of Bligh 8 20 8 24 353 53 7 9 11 9 4 34 6 48 425 34 39 30 76 106 80 2 179 24 39 9 1 320 24 1 200 1 18 3 18 361 27 119 473 73 546 4 27 31 20 11 30 1
County of Brisbane 42 65 60 55 879 95 14 49 59 39 27 167 8 1 172 1,038 165 185 103 293 189 200 2 423 101 205 28 4 12 899 203 1 10 445 1 1 30 5 99 817 12 109 488 1,210 350 1,560 18 76 94 72 22 93 1
County of Camden 221 389 330 283 2,415 384 92 216 355 332 247 867 136 19 962 3,152 934 1,238 749 1,284 829 372 263 617 766 1,118 174 14 100 3,359 749 164 49 1,929 35 1 430 36 549 100 1,485 379 3,307 4,114 2,172 6,286 137 796 933 842 91 927 6
County of Cook 101 210 216 191 777 260 99 109 198 169 143 333 58 28 423 1,431 395 643 718 237 456 162 155 126 681 217 112 3 25 1,796 211 83 22 770 6 4 152 32 113 19 700 110 1,766 1,854 1,038 2,892 61 419 480 383 97 478 2
County of Cumberland 1,817 3,319 3,489 2,885 18,142 3,000 1,111 1,889 3,437 3,400 2,908 10,901 1,372 438 9,299 24,464 9,134 15,211 7,888 14,200 5,909 1,173 2,520 2,073 8,369 11,784 2,050 153 883 1,106 33,790 4,906 1,759 1,140 15,825 559 129 1,695 1,032 5,833 971 4,091 4,842 39,644 33,763 24,345 58,108 4,830 3,926 8,756 8,387 369 8,512 244
County of Durham 214 328 293 265 2,843 303 41 255 324 258 170 867 74 3 895 3,392 848 1,103 546 1,443 765 421 22 1,090 568 1,144 127 12 6 94 3,568 1,024 96 65 1,445 21 19 255 45 413 906 1,635 426 2,558 4,287 1,951 6,238 52 712 764 577 187 757 7
County of Georgiana 23 57 22 46 372 41 2 23 38 26 12 81 3 3 79 484 81 105 110 88 177 64 8 116 95 59 26 1 5 429 46 1 273 35 1 22 188 180 26 297 563 186 749 7 57 64 58 6 64
County of Gloucester 32 68 54 107 683 92 15 34 50 56 49 152 27 5 170 881 148 225 89 345 72 101 1 443 81 258 15 2 17 907 133 33 15 327 4 5 46 7 169 358 240 65 539 1,051 373 1,424 39 235 274 244 30 261 13
County of Hunter 27 62 63 59 331 91 22 44 72 43 42 107 29 7 135 520 131 213 214 90 210 63 4 74 228 62 47 1 6 733 46 14 201 3 2 75 9 47 201 123 42 502 655 344 999 11 163 174 156 18 172 2
County of King 13 19 24 22 307 41 7 21 31 14 17 72 10 61 372 68 97 70 52 138 69 104 79 42 26 6 1 11 368 14 1 2 213 23 4 31 284 9 40 207 433 165 598 7 57 64 60 4 63 1
County of Macquarie 44 68 58 90 1,327 240 92 54 68 44 61 231 25 7 498 1,421 200 290 437 261 139 150 591 341 148 205 28 10 28 71 1,361 230 37 29 709 39 4 89 15 235 224 339 240 1,267 1,919 490 2,409 47 74 121 121 120 1
County of Murray 49 91 95 108 1,064 140 15 56 97 75 67 222 24 8 245 1,317 230 319 216 345 335 186 34 446 213 253 59 8 16 1,024 238 6 26 806 11 105 18 127 788 119 169 785 1,562 549 2,111 31 143 174 152 22 172 2
County of Northumberland 319 564 522 396 4,159 527 80 346 572 456 355 1,507 139 33 1,515 5,052 1,462 1,946 1,259 1,836 1,267 632 618 955 1,252 1,516 357 49 38 196 6,291 835 160 63 2,566 46 14 442 203 1,085 586 1,436 883 5,340 6,567 3,408 9,975 338 934 1,272 1,161 111 1,261 11
County of Phillip 8 17 8 13 280 31 6 14 14 8 8 45 1 43 320 40 50 56 57 82 43 9 116 40 32 13 1 4 259 37 3 152 2 19 1 13 235 34 151 363 90 453 5 18 23 17 6 23
County of Roxburgh 43 97 61 59 675 122 17 39 84 51 35 211 23 3 184 890 188 258 200 227 273 159 5 210 181 170 55 5 35 919 159 40 5 388 9 67 13 89 43 544 160 604 1,074 446 1,520 69 68 137 133 4 137
County of Saint Vincent 50 73 84 101 874 107 19 53 71 82 38 191 18 1 210 1,098 188 266 146 355 185 175 22 425 141 264 29 1 19 962 259 6 6 526 3 48 6 89 269 600 85 665 1,308 454 1,762 9 128 137 124 13 136 1
County of Wellington 6 15 13 28 272 50 6 20 25 11 11 48 5 53 337 50 70 39 90 107 52 102 53 50 10 1 6 331 40 3 136 10 6 25 223 18 52 176 390 120 510 12 25 37 33 4 37
County of Westmoreland 30 38 28 32 240 60 7 14 42 27 20 70 9 2 87 348 85 99 98 91 123 50 73 86 72 21 3 300 46 9 7 257 37 15 28 234 47 258 435 184 619 7 83 90 88 2 88 2
Commissioners' Districts beyond the boundaries of location.—
Wellington 10 18 14 37 665 87 6 12 19 8 2 53 4 79 758 55 43 35 138 293 128 9 234 25 54 16 3 478 97 3 355 1 1 10 3 15 766 24 117 837 98 935 66 66 65 1 66
Bligh 14 27 3 20 467 45 1 11 21 10 4 47 2 54 523 50 45 33 106 200 71 5 162 28 59 7 1 336 124 4 1 206 1 4 8 456 26 16 162 577 95 672 2 41 43 39 4 43
Lachlan 25 42 35 60 782 41 9 29 39 27 22 125 9 124 870 125 126 125 162 362 121 9 215 94 111 39 2 5 596 64 584 1 67 2 33 663 51 49 380 994 251 1,245 4 120 124 120 4 124
Monaroo 36 90 65 96 1,080 118 24 52 68 30 41 162 20 1 183 1,326 183 191 194 365 452 198 6 294 141 191 38 4 939 247 3 22 665 5 2 15 3 41 1,264 163 397 1,509 374 1,883 3 188 191 191 191
Murrumbidgee 42 47 35 63 958 97 16 34 55 29 21 133 8 1 144 1,114 129 152 147 281 354 164 35 277 110 130 32 2 7 867 155 25 3 482 4 3 35 8 37 366 503 125 465 1,258 281 1,539 167 167 160 7 166 1
Peel's River 52 33 1,258 75 6 2 43 23 95 4 90 1,334 86 81 92 258 445 178 17 434 44 101 13 3 6 972 163 1 452 3 36 15 411 215 9 905 1,424 167 1,591 1 339 340 338 2 337 3
New England 11 23 23 51 834 56 5 16 17 8 10 57 4 82 921 60 52 32 280 224 76 11 380 19 73 15 5 651 156 5 3 298 1 1 12 2 58 685 10 102 246 1,003 112 1,115 71 71 61 10 70 1
Clarence River 7 7 16 52 238 22 1 8 12 11 9 31 2 40 303 35 38 30 118 89 11 10 85 23 41 7 2 242 39 4 6 121 4 11 2 69 94 56 38 146 343 73 416 41 41 31 10 38 3
McLeay River 12 20 21 30 308 47 5 17 25 11 14 71 2 1 65 378 68 73 46 115 68 60 154 52 56 15 4 14 369 61 153 1 28 115 221 29 191 443 141 584 37 37 33 4 37
Moreton Bay 8 6 4 2 148 8 5 1 2 15 1 11 165 13 11 15 24 6 1 130 8 13 1 2 80 42 77 1 17 25 28 30 16 84 176 24 200
Norfolk Island 15 21 10 87 1,722 189 38 16 12 12 7 55 2 1 459 1,623 56 49 25 227 2 1,828 28 74 3 1,176 63 1 8 930 9 5 2,182 2,082 105 2,187 12 17 29 28 1 29
Colonial Vessels †
Port Phillip District.—
County of Bourke 242 384 304 387 3,355 187 23 276 336 342 327 1,485 67 5 1,311 3,571 1,266 1,572 323 3,987 333 61 98 80 255 2,520 58 2 1 2 3,902 1,169 523 259 1,811 51 5 391 251 822 384 795 667 4,410 4,882 2,838 7,720 433 701 1,134 844 290 1,129 5
County of Grant 13 24 22 45 445 47 2 16 22 16 27 105 6 120 478 107 85 18 476 61 1 36 6 17 146 29 427 195 36 29 101 1 1 36 8 84 264 45 68 285 598 192 790 10 94 104 104 104
County of Normanby 8 20 11 8 408 45 2 10 16 8 12 47 1 1 57 445 56 39 26 266 191 12 7 21 68 5 1 457 49 11 14 64 2 7 2 28 195 46 51 268 502 95 597 42 42 42 42
Commissioners' Districts Western Port 18 30 37 68 972 58 7 20 27 16 15 95 8 107 1,083 98 83 45 604 363 50 5 123 30 138 13 768 311 73 15 262 2 39 2 60 327 496 109 338 1,190 181 1,371 6 104 110 92 18 110
Commissioners' Districts Portland Bay 24 21 21 53 865 105 13 18 24 13 3 96 4 90 1,012 92 66 35 942 86 12 4 23 22 135 1 696 320 7 29 203 3 2 2 4 25 544 105 176 404 1,102 158 1,260 1 99 100 77 23 80 20
TOTAL 3,707 6,633 6,306 6,045 53,381 7,212 1,884 3,967 6,581 5,864 4,882 19,513 2,175 576 18,802 66,366 17,551 26,007 14,819 30,745 15,760 5,843 6,658 11,343 14,630 22,158 3,637 316 979 1,838 73,727 13,153 3,236 1,857 35,690 856 207 4,477 1,774 10,715 12,948 16,670 9,825 72,317 87,298 43,558 130,856 6,375 10,401 16,776 15,329 1,447 16,445 331