RETURN showing the population of the Town of Sydney at each Census taken since the year 1828, and the increase of the same in the intervening periods.
| Years. |
Population. |
Increase. |
| Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Centesimal Annual Average. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| 1828 |
10,815 |
7,408 |
3,407 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1833 |
16,232 |
9,813 |
6,419 |
5,417 |
2,405 |
3,012 |
50.1 |
32.5 |
88.4 |
10.0 |
6.5 |
17.7 |
| 1836 |
19,729 |
12,111 |
7,618 |
3,497 |
2,298 |
1,199 |
21.5 |
23.4 |
18.7 |
7.2 |
7.8 |
6.2 |
| 1841 |
29,973 |
17,169 |
12,804 |
10,244 |
5,058 |
5,186 |
51.9 |
41.8 |
68.1 |
10.4 |
8.4 |
13.6 |
| 1846 |
38,358 |
20,810 |
17,548 |
8,385 |
3,641 |
4,744 |
27.9 |
21.2 |
37.1 |
5.6 |
4.2 |
7.4 |
| 1851 |
44,240 |
22,296 |
21,944 |
5,882 |
1,486 |
4,396 |
15.3 |
7.1 |
25.0 |
3.1 |
1.4 |
5.0 |
| 1856 |
53,358 |
26,396 |
27,032 |
9,118 |
4,030 |
5,088 |
20.6 |
18.0 |
23.2 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
| 1861 |
56,394 |
27,285 |
29,109 |
3,036 |
959 |
2,077 |
5.7 |
3.6 |
7.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
| 1871 |
74,423 |
36,149 |
38,274 |
18,029 |
8,864 |
9,165 |
32.0 |
32.5 |
31.5 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.1 |