CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 4., POPULATION,—Return showing the Population of the Colony—Sydney, Suburbs, and Country Districts—at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881 respectively, and the Increase of the same in the two decennial periods 1861-1871 and 1871-1881.
| Electorate or Registry District. |
Population. |
Increase. |
| Decennial Period 1861-1871. |
Decennial Period 1871-1881. |
| 1861. |
1871. |
1881. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Centesimal Annual average. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Centesimal Annual average. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total of the Electorates or Registry Districts. |
350,860 |
198,488 |
152,372 |
503,981 |
275,551 |
228,430 |
751,468 |
411,149 |
340,319 |
153,121 |
77,063 |
76,058 |
43.64 |
38.82 |
49.91 |
4.36 |
3.88 |
4.99 |
247,487 |
135,598 |
111,889 |
49.10 |
49.20 |
48.98 |
4.91 |
4.92 |
4.89 |
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1,910 |
1,842 |
68 |
2,402 |
2,358 |
44 |
3,227 |
3,159 |
68 |
492 |
516 |
24 |
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825 |
801 |
24 |
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| Sydney |
56,840 |
27,657 |
29,183 |
76,159 |
37,785 |
38,374 |
103,379 |
54,401 |
48,978 |
19,319 |
10,128 |
9,191 |
31.19 |
30.95 |
31.38 |
3.12 |
3.10 |
3.14 |
27,220 |
16,616 |
10,604 |
35.74 |
43.97 |
27.63 |
3.57 |
4.40 |
2.76 |
| Balmain |
3,947 |
1,868 |
2,079 |
6,886 |
3,191 |
3,695 |
16,929 |
8,506 |
8,423 |
2,939 |
1,323 |
1,616 |
74.46 |
70.82 |
77.73 |
7.45 |
7.08 |
7.77 |
10,043 |
5.315 |
4,728 |
145.84 |
166.56 |
127.95 |
14.58 |
16.65 |
12.80 |
| Glebe |
3,712 |
1,748 |
1,964 |
5,721 |
2,751 |
2,970 |
10,856 |
5,192 |
5,664 |
2,009 |
1,003 |
1,006 |
54.15 |
57.38 |
51.22 |
5.41 |
5.74 |
5.12 |
5,135 |
2,441 |
2,694 |
89.75 |
88.73 |
90.70 |
8.97 |
8.87 |
9.07 |
| Newtown |
4,236 |
2,004 |
2,232 |
6,601 |
3,144 |
3,457 |
15,745 |
7,713 |
8,032 |
2,365 |
1,140 |
1,225 |
55.83 |
56.88 |
54.88 |
5.58 |
5.69 |
5.49 |
9,144 |
4,569 |
4,575 |
138.52 |
145.52 |
132.34 |
13.85 |
14.53 |
13.23 |
| Redfern |
6,701 |
3,277 |
3,424 |
12,621 |
6,297 |
6,324 |
23,637 |
12,068 |
11,570 |
5,920 |
3,020 |
2,900 |
88.34 |
92.16 |
84.69 |
8.83 |
9.22 |
8.47 |
11,017 |
5,771 |
5,246 |
87.29 |
91.64 |
82.95 |
8.73 |
9.16 |
8.30 |
| Paddington |
6,794 |
3,160 |
3,634 |
11,411 |
5,317 |
6,094 |
20,220 |
9,684 |
10,536 |
4,617 |
2,157 |
2,460 |
67.96 |
68.26 |
67.69 |
6.80 |
6.83 |
6.77 |
8,809 |
4,367 |
4,442 |
77.19 |
82.13 |
72.89 |
7.72 |
8.21 |
7.29 |
| *Canterbury |
8,003 |
4,025 |
3,978 |
11,958 |
5,899 |
6,059 |
22,434 |
10,865 |
11,569 |
3,955 |
1,874 |
2,081 |
49.41 |
44.14 |
54.97 |
4.94 |
4.41 |
5.50 |
10,476 |
4,966 |
5,510 |
87.60 |
84.18 |
90.93 |
8.76 |
8.42 |
9.09 |
| St. Leonards |
3,453 |
1,686 |
1,767 |
5,126 |
2,549 |
2,577 |
11,010 |
5,499 |
5,511 |
1,673 |
863 |
810 |
48.45 |
51.18 |
45.84 |
4.85 |
5.12 |
4.58 |
5,884 |
2,950 |
2,934 |
114.78 |
115.73 |
113.85 |
11.48 |
11.57 |
11.38 |
| †Country Districts |
255,264 |
151,221 |
104,043 |
367,498 |
208,618 |
158,880 |
527,257 |
297,221 |
230,036 |
112,234 |
57,397 |
54,837 |
43.65 |
37.43 |
52.69 |
4.36 |
3.74 |
5.27 |
159,759 |
88,603 |
71,156 |
43.47 |
42.47 |
44.78 |
4.35 |
4.25 |
4.48 |