SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CONDITION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION of the COUNTIES and COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS, at 1st March, 1856, classified according to SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CONDITION.
COUNTIES AND COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS. CONDITION. DWELLINGS HOUSES. OTHER RESIDENCES. TOTAL.
MARRIED. SINGLE. Stone or Brick. Metal. Weatherboard, Slab and Inferior. Slated. Shingled. Metal Roofed. Bark, or Inferior. Finished. Not finished. Inhabited. Not Inhabited. Total Houses. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Tents. Drays. Ships.
Argyle 1,058 1,049 2,450 1,964 381 565 462 2 482 927 19 897 49 946 5 3 3,508 3,013 6,521
Bathurst 1,352 1,319 3,484 2,254 538 5 724 700 18 549 1,187 80 1,259 8 1,267 50 1 4,836 3,573 8,409
Bligh 109 108 336 145 5 64 27 42 68 1 69 69 12 445 253 698
Brisbane 382 362 969 612 56 2 276 1 186 1 146 328 6 334 334 3 1 1,351 974 2,325
Camden 2,616 2,554 5,872 4,779 294 5 2,219 20 891 26 1,581 2,334 184 2,501 17 2,518 26 1 3 8,488 7,333 15,821
Cook 655 638 1,670 1,368 98 582 367 1 312 666 14 680 680 2,325 2,006 4,331
Cumberland 18,711 19,461 36,802 34,008 12,065 195 6,965 2,088 14,276 1,048 1,813 18,193 1,032 18,081 1,144 19,225 296 1 55,513 53,469 108,982
Durham 1,712 1,815 3,853 3,065 146 1 1,467 10 1,102 12 490 1,443 171 1,598 16 1,614 12 1 5,565 4,880 10,445
Georgiana 280 264 828 466 7 225 21 211 225 7 232 232 21 1,108 730 1,838
Gloucester 775 764 1,709 1,319 72 656 3 392 1 332 677 51 728 728 21 3 2 2,484 2,083 4,567
Hunter 187 189 509 366 16 189 124 1 80 196 9 205 205 1 696 555 1,251
King 479 483 1,265 870 27 406 71 362 431 2 433 433 4 1,744 1,353 3,097
Macquarie 397 387 928 693 102 335 258 3 176 406 31 395 42 437 16 3 6 1,325 1,080 2,405
Murray 643 659 1,731 1,096 151 409 247 1 312 538 22 560 560 1 2,374 1,755 4,129
Northumberland 4,057 4,023 8,257 6,815 896 15 3,117 50 2,618 48 1,312 3,858 170 3,943 85 4,028 125 33 12,314 10,838 23,152
Phillip 162 157 470 262 12 126 20 1 117 132 6 138 138 7 632 419 1,051
Roxburgh 969 890 2,518 1,318 120 707 211 7 609 790 37 827 827 224 3,487 2,208 5,695
St. Vincent 961 913 2,154 1,434 74 3 710 188 13 586 743 44 787 787 84 3,115 2,347 5,462
Wellington 1,033 858 3,145 1,210 54 895 160 2 787 913 36 945 4 949 527 2 4,178 2,068 6,246
Westmoreland 309 306 904 576 11 287 30 268 288 10 298 298 1,213 882 2,095
Total of the 20 Counties 36,847 37,199 79,854 64,620 15,125 226 20,924 2,172 22,351 1,185 10,567 34,343 1,932 34,910 1,365 36,275 1,422 28 45 116,701 101,819 218,520
Stanley (the reputed County) 1,881 1,839 3,533 2,622 244 3 1,301 4 1,309 6 229 1,400 148 1,428 120 1,548 9 9 5,414 4,461 9,875
Total within the Settled Districts 38,728 39,038 83,387 67,242 15,369 229 22,225 2,176 23,660 1,191 10,796 35,743 2,080 36,338 1,485 37,823 1,431 28 54 122,115 106,280 228,395
Albert 26 21 95 18 16 16 14 2 16 16 121 39 160
Bligh 196 178 747 232 2 164 21 1 144 160 6 166 166 1 943 410 1,353
Burnett 187 146 841 135 72 29 43 64 8 72 72 1,028 281 1,309
Clarence 422 382 1,028 527 68 207 145 130 265 10 275 275 2 1 15 1,450 909 2,359
Darling Downs 658 611 1,979 729 6 267 114 2 157 246 27 273 273 1 1 2,637 1,340 3,977
Gwydir 138 112 612 149 141 20 121 140 1 141 141 7 2 750 261 1,011
Lachlan 454 426 1,568 671 19 297 67 249 308 8 316 316 9 2,022 1,097 3,119
Leichhardt 34 29 230 35 14 14 11 3 14 14 264 64 328
Liverpool Plains 494 431 1,798 590 20 282 70 232 290 12 301 1 302 8 2,292 1,021 3,313
Lower Darling 27 23 196 33 36 1 35 34 2 36 36 223 58 279
Macleay 118 108 237 194 2 100 35 67 94 8 98 4 102 2 1 355 302 657
Maranoa 12 9 76 13 21 1 20 18 3 21 21 88 22 110
Monaroo 783 753 2,101 1,345 28 474 1 101 10 390 482 20 502 502 7 3 2,884 2,098 4,982
Moreton 80 70 294 83 1 39 32 8 36 4 40 40 374 153 527
Morumbidgee 929 821 3,362 1,195 52 703 1 169 9 576 709 46 755 755 98 4,291 2,016 6,307
New England 867 817 2,658 1,166 33 309 161 181 314 28 342 342 153 3,525 1,983 5,508
Wellington 217 209 823 290 8 137 24 121 141 4 145 145 1,040 499 1,539
Wide Bay 106 90 378 95 81 53 28 67 14 81 81 1 17 484 185 669
Port Curtis 48 39 157 43 57 10 1 46 48 9 57 57 5 1 2 205 82 287
Total in the Squatting Districts 5,796 5,275 19,180 7,543 239 3,417 2 1,053 23 2,578 3,441 215 3,651 5 3,656 294 22 21 24,976 12,818 37,794
TOTAL IN THE COLONY 44,524 44,313 102,567 74,785 15,608 229 25,642 2,178 24,713 1,214 13,374 89,184 2,295 39,989 1,490 41,479 1,725 50 75 147,091 119,098 266,189