CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—HABITATIONS., TABLE II.—Showing the Number and Percentage of Houses Inhabited, Vacant, and in course of Erection, also the Number and Percentage built of various Materials.
Houses.
Number.
Percentage.
Materials of which Built.
Number.
Percentage.
Inhabited houses
196,850
81.34
Stone
8,620
3.56
Inhabited stores, offices, &c.
296
0.12
Brick
80,922
33.44
Inhabited tents
18,794
7.77
Concrete, adobe, pise
914
0.38
Inhabited public institutions
262
0.11
Iron
3,455
1.43
Vacant houses
16,166
6.68
Wood, slabs
122,076
50.44
Houses being built
1,255
0.52
Lath and plaster, wattle and dab, mud, bark
4,832
2.00
Stores, office, &c., used as places of business only—not residences