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 8,368 3.46 Unspecified 2,378 0.98
Total 241,991 100.00 Total 241,991 100.00