RETURN showing the description of residences, and the density of habitation in the eight Wards of the Municipal City of Sydney, at the Censues of 1861 and 1871 respectively, and the progress of the same in decennial period 1861-1871.

Wards	1861.					1871.						Period 1861-1871.
	Residences.				Density.	Residences.					Density.
	Brick or stone.	Weatherboard, Inferior.	Not inhabited, or in course of construction.	Total.	Number of persons to each dwelling.	Brick or stone.	Weatherboard.	Inferior.	Not inhabited, or in course of construction.	Total.	Number of persons to each dwelling.	Residence. Increase.	Number of persons to each dwelling Decrease.
City of Sydney.	8,692	1,511	Not enumerated separately.	10,203	5.53	12,180	1,511	92	1,464	15,247	4.88	5,044	0.65
Fitzroy	1,897	205		2,042	5.37	1,930	123	12	171	2,236	5.04	194	0.33
Bourke	682	73		755	6.83	817	51	2	208	1,078	4.88	323	1.95
Macquarie	719	113		832	5.42	1,432	76	12	137	1,651	4.81	819	0.61
Cook	1,232	257		1,489	5.55	2,406	447	29	260	3,142	4.68	1,653	0.87
Denison	1,275	306		1,581	5.10	1,558	298	16	124	1,996	5.08	415	0.02
Brisbane	961	198		1,159	5.44	1,125	202	8	162	1,497	4.86	338	0.58
Gipps	1,109	150		1,259	5.73	1,553	114	8	109	1,784	5.02	525	0.71
Phillip	877	209		1,086	5.45	1,359	206	5	293	1,863	4.38	777	1.07