NEW SOUTH WALES—CENSUS OF THE YEAR 1841., ABSTRACT of the Returns of the Population and Houses in the different Police Districts, as defined in the Government Notice of 12th August, 1840 ; Commissioners' Districts beyond the Boundaries of Location, Penal Settlements, and employed in the Colonial Vessels, taken on the 2nd March, 1841.
DISTRICT. NUMBER OF EACH AGE. MARRIED OR SINGLE. CIVIL CONDITION. RELIGION. OCCUPATON. 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 Assisgnment Born in the Colony Arrived Free Other Free Persons Holding Tickets of Leave In Government Employment In Private Assisgnment Church of England Church of Scotland Wesleyan Methodists Other Protestant Dissenters Roman Catholics Jews Mehomedans and Pagans Landed Proprietors, Merchants, bankers, and Professional Persons Shopkeepers and other Retail Dealers Mechanics and Artificers * Shepherds and others in the cave of Sheep Gardeners, Stockmen, and Persons employed in Agriculture Domestic Servants All other Perons not included in the Foregoing Classes Males Females General Totals Stone or Brick Wood TOTAL. Finished Unfinished Inhabited Uninhabited
Police District of Sydney 1,106 1,977 1,882 1,849 11,782 1,626 511 1,161 1,998 1,916 1,861 6,914 717 207 6,082 14,651 5,891 8,883 4,001 10,731 3,022 246 1,852 887 4,240 8,836 1,023 48 6 621 19,903 3,565 937 973 9,552 476 101 707 798 4,178 1,206 3,135 25,483 20,733 14,774 35,507 3,714 1,678 5,392 5,216 176 5,267 125
Police District of Parramatta 284 515 642 488 2,727 528 221 301 616 721 486 2,082 331 110 1,332 4,073 1,338 3,309 1,450 1,722 1,020 285 544 384 1,668 1,386 473 30 869 221 5,934 619 400 79 2,961 45 14 416 93 836 165 826 824 6,892 5,405 4,647 10,052 427 966 1,393 1,371 22 1,314 79
Police District of Liverpool 52 138 220 83 588 137 48 70 112 102 79 314 49 15 281 986 285 456 366 341 270 79 57 154 319 271 79 12 1 59 1,404 101 17 15 454 13 4 90 24 130 6 390 181 1,187 1,267 741 2,008 87 182 269 268 1 269
Police District of Campbelltown 108 179 214 145 952 176 66 110 184 200 164 472 73 29 469 1,371 467 765 513 404 429 151 21 232 593 424 141 12 2 60 1,785 129 82 12 1,051 10 2 183 43 192 663 6 261 1,724 1,840 1,232 3,072 199 237 436 417 19 435 1
Police District of Stonequarry 42 77 76 54 466 66 19 47 72 62 56 189 16 4 187 613 184 242 143 240 215 63 3 136 149 209 33 6 29 704 103 32 20 365 1 1 40 5 62 98 294 98 629 800 426 1,226 18 105 123 103 20 122 1
Police District of Blawarra 155 257 213 190 1,529 240 49 144 233 222 165 547 88 12 609 2,024 590 821 456 923 418 231 221 384 460 801 88 6 56 1,980 634 133 28 1,250 19 268 20 391 1,011 168 2,186 2,633 1,411 4,044 88 571 659 602 57 656 3
Police District of Berrima 37 8 63 61 613 99 26 37 67 70 53 173 31 4 207 773 198 237 201 217 239 108 36 179 193 172 53 2 15 850 102 1 446 16 127 10 94 402 125 657 980 435 1,415 31 148 179 166 13 177 2
Police District of Goulburn 109 206 150 134 1,835 227 48 133 187 132 92 464 43 10 465 2,244 448 613 427 622 586 339 152 509 414 461 120 20 46 2,017 476 4 22 1,216 30 5 124 25 184 551 896 247 1,743 2,709 1,061 3,770 98 231 329 296 33 325 4
Police District of Braidwood 15 42 52 61 540 89 15 28 48 52 33 110 11 4 132 682 115 171 90 170 128 107 14 305 97 148 28 1 12 568 125 2 19 385 1 57 73 468 40 67 395 814 286 1,100 8 54 62 53 9 62
Police District of Broulee 27 36 37 56 363 37 7 27 32 33 16 84 9 94 472 84 117 67 176 83 73 15 140 63 121 11 6 432 120 3 5 202 2 17 6 41 351 40 309 563 201 764 3 65 68 60 8 67 1
Police District of Queanbeyan 21 31 31 44 524 63 3 22 35 31 18 87 10 2 105 612 94 111 82 165 143 91 24 212 76 107 18 3 1 430 114 6 369 3 46 11 46 343 119 65 298 717 205 922 15 54 69 58 11 68 1
Police District of Yass 36 53 56 50 621 76 14 41 69 36 42 164 20 3 149 757 155 228 155 147 267 122 3 212 165 120 54 11 1 24 727 59 1 10 477 7 55 11 79 530 110 496 906 375 1,281 18 122 140 139 10 138 2
Police District of Windsor 238 449 564 308 1,626 512 285 212 476 415 330 841 177 92 924 2,998 942 160 1,625 494 1,084 385 48 280 1,603 514 318 31 4 73 4,313 345 251 34 1,503 12 7 333 54 293 15 1,368 245 4,060 3,922 2,543 6,465 332 875 1,207 991 216 1,168 39
Police District of Fenrith 125 260 232 176 1,063 283 74 131 228 198 128 550 87 13 579 1,634 559 775 616 556 520 169 128 224 598 406 128 23 1 99 2,113 289 155 40 947 3 1 85 37 203 126 923 243 1,931 2,213 1,335 3,548 125 391 516 476 40 516
Police District of Hartley 23 39 41 44 327 48 12 25 45 39 32 109 11 3 117 417 111 153 115 136 128 57 28 70 112 124 22 6 389 115 1 16 267 6 6 69 19 41 45 189 90 351 534 264 798 19 105 124 112 5 120 4
Police District of Bathurst 132 224 159 178 1,604 244 26 97 208 133 105 504 48 5 454 2,113 461 620 507 598 596 355 44 463 455 449 113 15 20 48 2,104 349 173 4 1,025 12 163 36 198 12 1,255 351 1,650 2,567 1,100 3,667 192 189 381 359 22 381
Police District of Carcoar 22 48 18 30 606 66 20 19 50 27 19 89 6 96 712 94 116 69 160 197 118 4 260 70 112 22 3 3 622 82 3 310 1 2 4 41 368 9 45 330 808 210 1,018 8 74 82 50 32 82
Police District of Wellington 7 13 5 22 257 41 7 13 21 7 8 44 6 44 398 44 55 26 94 93 42 97 44 39 8 1 7 274 24 2 150 1 1 3 14 224 18 45 130 352 99 451 12 29 41 33 8 41
Police District of Mudgee 11 29 18 25 397 75 7 24 26 14 13 67 4 71 491 64 84 84 100 141 69 9 159 65 57 21 1 4 425 63 4 1 215 2 29 4 29 355 56 240 562 148 710 7 29 36 29 7 36
Police District of Brisbane Water 39 59 57 53 441 60 12 56 55 37 36 164 19 2 203 518 189 117 186 160 206 70 6 83 171 118 51 6 23 681 55 15 12 326 1 87 15 122 2 317 45 502 721 369 1,090 24 118 142 112 30 141 1
Police District of Newcastle and Raymond Terrace 59 102 72 107 1,221 135 17 51 96 81 86 295 28 10 277 1,436 254 383 166 464 135 119 367 449 170 335 37 11 36 58 1,536 183 36 33 551 9 12 68 16 270 191 240 169 1,412 1,713 647 2,360 71 137 208 184 24 205 3
Police District of Dungog 50 71 56 110 771 99 11 39 69 55 42 153 28 182 986 162 224 118 351 155 116 1 427 120 220 20 2 21 916 178 7 5 428 4 16 10 16 187 639 21 134 414 1,168 386 1,554 36 269 305 258 47 295 10
Police District of Maitland 202 365 351 237 2,324 277 52 233 371 308 220 947 91 14 926 2,882 920 1,254 679 1,343 620 385 242 525 704 1,164 200 25 3 88 3,581 750 123 27 1,477 30 4 26 147 644 14 1,243 611 3,092 3,808 2,184 3,992 214 603 817 749 68 805 12
Police District of Wollombi and M' Donald River 37 63 65 52 429 97 15 41 78 58 34 156 22 8 180 578 174 223 216 166 238 81 2 121 233 84 57 2 21 746 58 19 1 328 3 67 1 71 33 333 54 576 752 397 1,155 8 174 182 166 16 179 3
Police District of Paterson 89 137 119 117 1,246 120 15 123 143 113 86 406 31 1 407 1,436 398 505 220 659 320 145 14 485 250 552 55 2 1 43 1,560 448 56 31 636 18 3 47 16 127 10 1,165 134 1,219 1,043 903 2,746 30 372 402 298 104 402
Police District of Patrick's Plains 77 160 160 105 1,170 152 29 101 152 115 80 373 30 16 384 1,414 357 515 390 442 432 194 12 328 358 355 95 14 2 45 1,767 273 47 16 544 10 2 5 44 191 875 32 268 1,214 1,798 861 2,659 46 246 292 251 41 289 3
Police District of Merton and Muswellbrook 33 5 46 55 545 59 10 34 41 38 18 141 10 1 144 625 132 101 86 224 135 115 1 205 78 160 21 3 2 19 683 107 4 18 230 2 11 11 104 302 34 75 415 769 283 1,952 7 98 105 28 7 104 14
Police District of Scone and Murrurundi 35 52 39 33 642 63 5 38 54 27 22 132 8 138 731 131 15 84 213 138 138 2 294 84 163 22 3 9 657 169 1 10 311 1 1 13 3 78 566 1 81 398 869 281 1,150 14 58 72 55 17 71 1
Police District of Cassilis 7 17 16 29 450 50 10 13 10 12 3 39 2 53 514 38 1 23 93 156 106 2 222 18 55 6 369 33 1 233 8 3 26 431 31 137 557 79 536 5 20 25 15 10 24 1
Police District of Macquarie 44 68 58 29 1,327 240 92 54 68 44 61 231 25 7 498 1,421 200 298 437 261 139 150 591 341 148 205 28 10 28 71 1,264 239 27 29 769 39 4 19 15 235 224 339 240 1,207 1,919 400 2,409 47 74 121 121 120 1
Police District of Wellington 10 18 14 37 665 87 6 12 19 8 2 53 4 79 758 55 40 35 138 223 128 9 274 25 54 16 3 478 97 3 355 1 1 10 3 15 766 24 117 837 28 935 66 66 65 1 65
Commissions' Districts beyond the boundaries of location—
Bligh 14 27 3 20 467 45 1 11 21 10 4 47 2 54 523 55 40 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 9 124 876 125 126 125 162 362 121 9 215 94 114 39 2 5 526 64 584 1 67 2 23 663 51 42 380 994 251 1,245 4 120 124 120 4 124
Monaroo 36 90 65 96 1,680 118 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 1 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 1,250 281 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 4 12 2 50 685 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 † 2,130 2,130
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 5 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 18 474 61 1 36 6 17 146 29 427 195 34 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 26 266 194 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 13 708 311 72 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 1,042 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 1,804 3,967 6,501 5,864 4,882 19,513 2,175 576 18,802 66,366 17,551 16,007 14,819 30,745 15,760 5,043 6,650 11,342 14,630 22,150 3,637 316 979 1,038 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 87,290 43,550 130,856 6,375 10,401 16,776 15,329 1,447 16,445 331