TABLE shewing the Proportion of the Population to the Extent of Territory in the several Counties and Pastoral Districts., (The computation is made on the same areas as on former occasions, for the sake of comparison, although considerable modifications have been made on the extent of some of the Pastoral Districts.)
|
Persons, 1856. |
Persons, 1861. |
Square Miles. |
Number of Persons to one Square Mile. |
| 1851. |
1856. |
1861. |
| Argyle |
6,521 |
9,713 |
1,591 |
3.43 |
4.10 |
6.10 |
| Bathurst |
8,409 |
12,061 |
1,860 |
3.44 |
4.52 |
6.48 |
| Bligh |
698 |
1,094 |
1,683 |
0.60 |
0.41 |
0.65 |
| Brisbane |
2,325 |
3,481 |
2,344 |
0.74 |
0.99 |
1.48 |
| Camden |
15,821 |
22,734 |
2,188 |
4.41 |
7.23 |
10.39 |
| Cook |
4,331 |
5,032 |
2,665 |
1.33 |
1.62 |
1.89 |
| Cumberland |
108,982 |
124,678 |
1,445 |
56.13 |
75.42 |
86.28 |
| Durham |
10,445 |
11,997 |
2,117 |
3.74 |
4.93 |
5.67 |
| Georgiana |
1,838 |
2,163 |
1,924 |
0.79 |
0.90 |
1.12 |
| Gloucester |
4,567 |
5,464 |
2,930 |
1.07 |
1.56 |
1.86 |
| Hunter |
1,251 |
1,382 |
2,056 |
0.52 |
0.61 |
0.67 |
| King |
3,097 |
3,852 |
1,781 |
1.41 |
1.73 |
2.16 |
| Macquarie |
2,405 |
4,363 |
2,220 |
0.74 |
1.08 |
1.97 |
| Murray |
4,129 |
6,066 |
2,248 |
1.73 |
1.83 |
2.70 |
| Northumberland |
23,152 |
31,271 |
2,342 |
6.49 |
9.88 |
13.35 |
| Phillip |
1,051 |
1,652 |
1,618 |
0.42 |
0.65 |
1.02 |
| Roxburgh |
5,695 |
8,932 |
1,519 |
1.67 |
3.75 |
5.88 |
| St. Vincent |
5,462 |
11,519 |
2,667 |
0.96 |
2.05 |
4.32 |
| Wellington |
6,246 |
11,289 |
1,656 |
0.97 |
3.77 |
6.82 |
| Westmoreland |
2,095 |
2,722 |
1,592 |
0.97 |
1.31 |
1.71 |
| TOTAL of the 20 Counties |
218,520 |
281,465 |
40,446 |
3.83 |
5.40 |
6.96 |
| Albert |
160 |
238 |
30,000 |
|
|
0.01 |
| Bligh |
1,353 |
2,205 |
13,020 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
| Clarence |
2,359 |
5,141 |
9,760 |
0.18 |
0.24 |
0.53 |
| Darling |
279 |
919 |
50,000 |
|
|
0.02 |
| Gwydir |
1,011 |
2,015 |
11,075 |
0.07 |
0.09 |
0.18 |
| Lachlan |
3,119 |
14,814 |
22,800 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.65 |
| Liverpool Plains |
3,313 |
6,305 |
16,901 |
0.14 |
0.20 |
0.37 |
| Macleay |
657 |
1,310 |
3,180 |
0.12 |
0.20 |
0.41 |
| Monaro |
4,982 |
9,235 |
8,335 |
0.44 |
0.59 |
1.11 |
| Murrumbidgee |
6,307 |
12,938 |
26,897 |
0.17 |
0.23 |
0.48 |
| New England |
5,508 |
9,676 |
13,100 |
0.32 |
0.43 |
0.74 |
| Warrego |
|
219 |
10,000 |
|
|
0.00 |
| Wellington |
1,539 |
2,470 |
16,695 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.15 |
| TOTAL of the 13 Pastoral Districts |
30,587 |
67,485 |
231,763 |
0.10 |
0.13 |
0.29 |
| GRAND TOTAL* |
249,107 |
348,950 |
272,209 |
0.58 |
0.82 |
1.28 |