CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 11., POPULATION.—Return showing the Urban and Rural Population of the Colony, 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.

	Population.									Increase in the Decennial Period 1861-1871.									Increase in the 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 Colony	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	4.90
Sydney and Suburbs	93,686	45,425	48,261	134,736	65,286	69,450	220,984	110,769	110,215	41,050	19,861	21,189	43.82	43.72	4.39	4.38	4.37	4.39	86,248	45,483	40,765	64.01	69.66	58.69	6.40	6.96	5.87
Towns, Villages, &c., of 100 inhabitants and over.	65,944	35,024	30,920	99,426	52,227	47,199	212,407	115,034	97,373	33,482	17,203	16,279	50.77	49.12	52.65	5.08	4.91	5.26	112,981	62,807	50,174	113.63	120.25	106.30	11.36	12.02	10.63
Total, Urban	159,630	80,449	79,181	234,162	117,513	116,649	433,391	225,803	207,588	74,532	37,064	37,468	46.69	46.07	47.32	4.67	4.61	4.73	199,229	108,290	90.939	85.21	92.15	77.95	8.52	9.21	7.80
Total, Rural	189,320	116,197	73,123	267,417	155,680	111,737	314,850	182,187	132,663	78,097	39,483	38,614	41.25	33.98	52.81	4.12	3.40	5.28	47,433	26,507	20,926	17.73	17.02	18.72	1.77	1.70	1.87
Add the Shipping	1,910	1,842	68	2,402	2,358	44	3,227	3,159	68	492	516	24	25.76	28.61	35.29	2.57	2.80	3.53	825	801	24	34.34	33.96	54.54	3.43	3.39	5.45
												decrease.			decr.			decr.