| NAMES OF COUNTIES AND COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS. |
POPULATION IN 1851. |
POPULATION IN 1856. |
NUMERICAL INCREASE OR DECREASE. |
INCREASE OR DECREASE PER CENT. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
| Argyle |
3,123 |
2,342 |
5,465 |
3,508 |
3,013 |
6,521 |
1,056 |
19.3 |
| Bathurst |
3,738 |
2,667 |
6,405 |
4,836 |
3,573 |
8,409 |
2,004 |
31.3 |
| Bligh |
650 |
354 |
1,004 |
445 |
253 |
698 |
306 |
30.4 |
| Brisbane |
1,044 |
689 |
1,733 |
1,351 |
974 |
2,325 |
592 |
34.1 |
| Camden |
5,372 |
4,291 |
9,663 |
8,488 |
7,333 |
15,821 |
6,158 |
63.8 |
| Cook |
1,934 |
1,607 |
3,541 |
2,325 |
2,006 |
4,331 |
790 |
22.3 |
| Cumberland |
42,035 |
39,079 |
81,114 |
55,513 |
53,469 |
108,982 |
27,868 |
34.3 |
| Durham |
4,414 |
3,514 |
7,928 |
5,565 |
4,880 |
10,445 |
2,517 |
31.5 |
| Georgiana |
933 |
592 |
1,525 |
1,108 |
730 |
1,838 |
313 |
20.5 |
| Gloucester |
1,871 |
1,278 |
3,149 |
2,484 |
2,083 |
4,567 |
1,418 |
45.0 |
| Hunter |
622 |
441 |
1,063 |
696 |
555 |
1,251 |
188 |
17.7 |
| King |
1,476 |
1,029 |
2,505 |
1,744 |
1,353 |
3,097 |
592 |
23.6 |
| Macquarie |
902 |
735 |
1,637 |
1,325 |
1,080 |
2,405 |
768 |
47.0 |
| Murray |
2,316 |
1,570 |
3,886 |
2,374 |
1,755 |
4,129 |
243 |
6.2 |
| Northumberland |
8,280 |
6,927 |
15,207 |
12,314 |
10,838 |
23,152 |
7,945 |
52.2 |
| Phillip |
433 |
241 |
674 |
632 |
419 |
1,051 |
377 |
55.9 |
| Roxburgh |
1,519 |
1,019 |
2,538 |
3,487 |
2,208 |
5,695 |
3,157 |
124.7 |
| St. Vincent |
1,500 |
1,072 |
2,572 |
3,115 |
2,347 |
5,462 |
2,890 |
112.4 |
| Wellington |
995 |
614 |
1,609 |
4,178 |
2,068 |
6,246 |
4,637 |
288.1 |
| Westmoreland |
912 |
629 |
1,541 |
1,213 |
882 |
2,095 |
554 |
35.8 |
| Stanley |
2,941 |
1,846 |
4,787 |
5,414 |
4,461 |
9,875 |
5,088 |
106.2 |
| Bligh |
925 |
366 |
1,291 |
943 |
410 |
1,353 |
62 |
4.8 |
| Clarence |
1,116 |
605 |
1,721 |
1,450 |
909 |
2,359 |
638 |
37.0 |
| Darling Downs |
1,704 |
469 |
2,173 |
2,637 |
1,340 |
3,977 |
1,804 |
83.0 |
| Lachlan |
1,861 |
1,031 |
2,892 |
2,022 |
1,097 |
3,119 |
227 |
7.5 |
| Liverpool Plains |
1,765 |
620 |
2,385 |
2,292 |
1,021 |
3,313 |
928 |
38.9 |
| McLeay |
242 |
149 |
391 |
355 |
302 |
657 |
266 |
68.3 |
| Maneroo |
2,283 |
1,406 |
3,689 |
2,884 |
2,098 |
4,982 |
1,293 |
35.0 |
| Moreton |
234 |
38 |
272 |
374 |
153 |
527 |
255 |
93.7 |
| Murrumbidgee |
3,112 |
1,559 |
4,671 |
4,291 |
2,016 |
6,307 |
1,536 |
35.0 |
| New England |
2,895 |
1,302 |
4,197 |
3,525 |
1,983 |
5,508 |
1,311 |
31.2 |
| Wellington |
1,098 |
414 |
1,512 |
1,040 |
499 |
1,539 |
27 |
1.8 |
| Burnett |
740 |
112 |
852 |
1,028 |
281 |
1,309 |
457 |
53.6 |
| Maranoa |
74 |
11 |
85 |
88 |
22 |
110 |
25 |
29.4 |
| Wide Bay |
319 |
87 |
406 |
484 |
185 |
669 |
263 |
64.7 |
| Albert |
96 |
36 |
132 |
121 |
39 |
160 |
28 |
21.3 |
| Lower Darling |
226 |
65 |
291 |
223 |
56 |
279 |
12 |
4.1 |
| Gwydir |
529 |
208 |
737 |
750 |
261 |
1,011 |
274 |
37.1 |
| Port Curtis and Leichhardt |
|
|
|
469 |
146 |
615 |
615 |
|
|
106,229 |
81,014 |
187,243 |
147,091 |
119,098 |
266,189 |
78,946 |
42.0 |