CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 17., RESIDENCES.—Return showing the number and classification of Dwellings throughout 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.
Dwellings. Population. Number of persons to each dwelling. Proportion of dwelling to a person.
Brick or Stone. Weatherboard. Metal. Slab or inferior. Tents, Drays, &c. Total inhabited. Not inhabited. In course of construction. Grand Total.
1861 18,639 38,773 7,159 64,571 Not enumerated. 64,571 350,860 5.43 0.184
1871 28,497 50,800 11,973 2,420 93,690 4,917 98,607 503,981 5.11 0.196
Increase in the period 1861-1871 9,858 24,000 4739decrease 29,119 34,036 153,121 0.32decrease 0.012
Decrease. Decrease.
1881 44,417 70,423 964 12,070 7,452 135,326 6,016 2,398 143,740 *748241 5.20 0.192
Increase in the period 1871-1881 15,920 19,623 964 97 5,032 41,636 3,497 45,133 †247487 0.09 0.004
Decrease.