SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CONDITION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION in the several TOWNS and VILLAGES, at 1st March, 1856, classified with reference to the CONJUGAL STATE and DESCRIPTION of DWELLING.
TOWNS. CONDITION. DWELLING-HOUSES. OTHER RESIDENCES. TOTAL.
MARRIED. SINGLE. Brick and Stone. Metal. Weatherboard Slab, or Inferior. Slated. Shingled. Metal. Bark, of Inferior. Finished. Not finished. Inhabited. Not Inhabited. Total. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Tents. Drays. Ships.
Aberdeen 15 13 20 23 2 10 9 3 12 12 12 1 35 36 71
Albury 144 104 289 138 34 70 54 50 102 2 104 104 7 403 242 645
Appin 22 19 52 46 5 22 24 1 2 26 1 27 27 74 65 139
Armidale 147 129 344 237 18 113 68 63 118 13 131 131 491 366 857
Bathurst 525 561 1,224 939 439 5 115 512 16 31 538 21 552 7 559 1,749 1,500 3,249
Berrima 30 29 71 58 20 12 29 3 32 32 32 101 87 188
Binalong 38 36 84 41 3 25 6 22 27 1 28 28 122 77 199
Bombala 59 52 119 89 4 101 33 1 71 101 4 105 105 4 178 141 319
Braidwood 83 77 193 154 35 53 63 1 24 79 9 88 88 276 231 507
Brisbane 553 567 951 909 142 2 382 514 5 7 479 47 476 50 526 1 4 1,504 1,476 2,980
Brisbane Suburbs 251 276 472 416 61 245 247 59 287 19 244 62 306 1 1 723 692 1,415
Bungendore 22 25 59 48 5 17 9 13 21 1 22 22 81 73 154
Bungonia 16 19 45 28 14 6 12 8 20 20 20 61 47 108
Camden 74 75 152 157 41 35 1 59 1 15 68 8 76 76 226 232 458
Campbelltown 76 103 212 236 66 42 1 106 1 108 108 108 288 339 627
Carcoar 60 58 147 99 21 25 37 9 46 46 46 1 207 157 364
Clarence Town 51 52 98 94 11 38 35 3 11 44 5 49 49 149 146 295
Cooma 25 25 70 46 1 21 2 1 19 22 22 22 95 71 166
Dalby 23 22 32 32 22 3 19 22 22 22 55 54 109
Dalkeith 16 16 36 14 14 9 5 14 14 14 52 30 82
Deniliquin 27 24 77 27 21 2 4 15 17 4 21 21 8 104 51 155
Drayton 43 44 121 55 41 18 23 39 2 41 41 164 99 263
Dungog 65 65 114 112 8 54 58 4 56 6 62 62 179 177 356
Eden 57 46 84 48 6 33 21 18 38 1 39 39 1 3 141 94 235
Emu 19 22 45 39 8 12 15 5 18 2 20 20 64 61 125
Gayndah 22 22 80 28 27 5 22 25 2 27 27 102 50 152
Geringong 14 13 22 19 12 3 9 2 10 12 12 2 36 32 68
Gladstone 40 35 112 37 50 10 1 39 45 5 50 50 5 1 2 152 72 224
Gosford, E. 28 30 55 42 4 29 29 4 33 33 33 83 72 155
Gosford, W. 17 21 40 39 4 20 19 5 21 3 24 24 57 60 117
Goulburn 282 294 613 590 254 102 295 2 59 344 12 307 49 356 895 884 1,779
Grafton 118 110 249 178 65 31 86 10 91 5 96 96 1 367 288 655
Gunning 22 21 47 35 9 11 16 4 20 20 20 69 56 125
Gundagal, N. 44 37 92 58 7 33 18 22 35 5 40 40 3 136 95 231
Gundagal, S. 20 22 51 23 1 19 8 12 18 2 20 20 1 71 45 116
Hartley 20 19 48 41 6 16 13 9 21 1 22 22 68 60 128
Haydon Town 34 32 65 46 6 24 14 16 30 30 30 99 78 177
Hexham 18 18 60 26 3 18 13 8 21 21 21 1 78 44 122
Hinton 73 75 139 131 6 64 55 15 60 10 70 70 212 206 418
Ipswich 452 435 895 677 28 320 325 1 22 321 27 347 1 348 3 1,347 1,112 2,459
Jugiong 16 15 45 22 11 2 9 11 11 11 1 61 37 98
Kelso 57 59 135 92 54 8 55 1 6 61 1 62 62 192 151 343
Kempsey 14 18 41 39 1 16 16 1 14 3 16 1 17 55 57 112
Kiama 83 90 144 178 11 80 1 60 9 21 90 1 91 91 227 268 495
Liverpool 110 122 208 187 90 33 120 2 1 116 7 116 7 123 8 318 309 627
Macquarie (Port) 86 84 155 170 94 37 130 1 129 2 101 30 131 3 241 254 495
Maitland, E. 272 285 577 521 149 170 4 288 2 25 296 23 284 35 319 7 849 806 1,655
Maitland, W. 771 790 1,481 1,399 344 1 528 16 797 8 52 846 27 834 39 873 2,252 2,189 4,441
Maryborough 65 55 175 58 60 39 21 50 10 60 60 14 240 113 353
Merriwa 30 33 83 59 2 22 14 10 23 1 24 24 113 92 205
Morpeth 259 250 506 457 52 1 202 6 216 2 31 245 10 253 2 255 1 4 765 707 1,472
Moruya 21 20 60 47 25 5 1 19 21 4 25 25 81 67 148
Mudgee 118 114 343 228 24 122 81 65 144 2 146 146 1 461 342 803
Murrurundi 23 21 47 42 5 2 13 14 1 5 20 20 20 70 63 133
Muswellbrook 71 75 170 134 25 61 86 84 2 86 86 241 209 450
Narrellan 20 23 47 30 10 12 18 4 22 22 22 67 53 120
Newcastle 249 215 560 380 113 3 89 10 188 5 2 199 6 204 1 205 8 28 809 595 1,404
Orange 38 39 96 63 9 33 22 20 33 9 37 5 42 134 102 236
Panbula 37 41 60 65 5 33 16 1 21 37 1 38 38 97 106 203
Parramatta 859 886 1,965 1,719 501 5 367 45 781 30 17 855 18 805 68 873 2 2,824 2,605 5,429
Paterson 52 54 104 99 17 36 50 3 47 6 53 53 156 153 309
Penrith 82 83 170 182 30 62 71 21 92 92 92 252 265 517
Picton 21 23 43 44 6 23 1 17 11 22 7 25 4 29 64 67 131
Picton Upper 17 17 32 29 6 15 7 11 16 5 17 4 21 49 46 95
Pitt Town 28 29 65 61 6 30 29 2 5 36 34 2 36 93 90 183
Queanbeyan 88 93 181 142 57 41 60 38 91 7 98 98 269 235 504
Raymond Terrace 100 104 169 178 16 97 103 10 103 10 113 113 1 269 282 551
Richmond 133 132 319 296 97 51 2 144 1 1 145 3 140 8 148 452 428 880
St. Alban's 15 15 31 30 3 11 13 1 14 14 14 46 45 91
St. Aubin's 22 16 48 28 8 9 12 5 15 2 17 17 1 70 44 114
St. Mary's 34 32 79 53 10 22 25 8 30 3 33 33 113 85 198
Scone 43 47 85 69 18 29 44 3 47 47 47 128 116 244
Singleton 112 120 244 263 58 76 130 2 2 124 10 133 1 134 356 383 739
Sofala 113 91 212 112 1 103 13 3 88 101 3 104 104 19 325 203 528
Stockton 27 26 43 34 17 11 24 4 27 1 28 28 70 60 130
Stroud 61 63 129 115 18 40 1 48 9 57 1 58 58 190 178 368
Tamworth 85 81 162 120 16 42 22 36 58 58 58 1 247 201 448
Tenterfield 21 22 59 31 1 23 5 19 21 3 24 24 80 53 133
Tinonee 12 10 30 22 13 4 1 8 12 1 13 13 1 42 32 74
Tumut 38 42 115 61 3 38 1 11 29 33 8 41 41 2 153 103 256
Wagga Wagga, N. 15 15 45 26 2 13 2 13 15 15 15 1 60 41 101
Wagga Wagga, S. 35 34 117 49 5 23 8 20 26 2 28 28 6 152 83 235
Warwick 87 85 182 118 3 67 39 2 29 66 4 70 70 269 203 472
Warialda 7 8 30 20 14 5 9 14 14 14 37 28 65
Wellingrove 8 10 38 15 1 11 1 11 9 3 12 12 46 25 71
Wellington 42 39 85 62 1 39 8 32 37 3 40 40 127 101 228
Windsor 289 280 618 594 283 58 5 326 2 8 326 15 324 17 341 907 874 1,781
Wingham 7 7 7 10 6 2 4 6 6 6 14 17 31
Wollombi 30 28 55 63 2 28 18 12 20 2 30 30 85 91 176
Wollongong 135 147 292 290 94 61 1 143 6 5 145 10 155 155 427 437 864
Yass 100 103 257 200 39 71 93 17 109 1 110 110 357 303 660
Total in Country Towns 8,673 8,734 18,623 15,361 3,644 19 5,391 95 7,279 119 1,561 8,589 465 8,661 393 9,054 96 16 48 27,296 24,095 51,391
Total in Sydney & Suburbs 11,994 12,883 21,937 22,359 9,795 155 2,839 1,875 9,941 713 260 12,171 618 11,877 912 12,789 54 33,931 35,242 69,173
Total Urban Population 20,667 21,617 40,560 37,720 13,439 174 8,230 1,970 17,220 832 1,821 20,760 1,083 20,538 1,305 21,843 150 16 48 61,227 59,337 120,564
Total Rural & Pastoral parts 23,857 22,696 62,007 37,065 2,169 55 17,412 208 7,493 382 11,553 18,424 1,212 19,451 185 19,636 1,575 34 27 85,864 59,761 145,625
TOTAL IN THE COLONY 44,524 44,313 102,567 74,785 15,668 229 25,642 2,178 24,713 1,214 13,374 39,184 2,295 39,989 1,490 41,479 1,725 50 75 147,091 119,098 266,189