CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1871.—SUMMARY TABLES.,No. 10., POPULATION.—Return showing the Percentage of Population in the Urban and Rural parts of the Colony, at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively, and the Percentage of, the Total Increase in the Decennial period 1861-1871.

	Percentage of Population.						Percentage of Total Increase in the period 1861-1871.
	1861.			1871.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total of the Colony	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sydney and Suburbs	26.70	22.89	31.67	26.73	23.69	30.40	26.81	25.77	27.86
Towns and villages of 100 Inhabitants and over	18.79	17.64	20.29	19.73	18.95	20.66	21.87	22.32	21.40
Total Urban	45.49	40.53	51.96	46.46	42.64	51.06	48.68	48.09	49.26
Total Rural	53.96	58.54	47.99	53.06	56.50	48.92	51.00	51.24	50.77
Add—The Shipping	0.55	0.93	0.05	0.48	0.86	0.02	0.32	0.67	0.03
									decrease.