CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—HABITATIONS., TABLE V.—The Number of Persons, Males and Females, in each Division of the State in 1891 and 1901 ; and the increase in Population in each Division between 1891 and 1901.

DIVISION.	TOTAL POPULATION.						INCREASE IN POPULATION, 1891-1901.
	1891.			1901.			Numerical.			Increase per cent.	Annual Rate of Increase per cent.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.
Metropolis	197,550	189,884	387,434	241,700	246,232	487,932	44,150	56,348	100,498	25.94	2.33
Balance of County Cumberland	34,509	29,284	63,793	42,625	38,942	81,567	8,116	9,658	17,774	27.86	2.49
Total, Cumberland Division	232,059	219,168	451,227	284,325	285,174	569,499	52,266	66,006	118,272	26.21	2.36
North Coast	34,831	28,003	62,834	43,388	36,747	80,135	8,557	8,744	17,301	27.53	2.26
Lower Hunter	62,036	54,334	116,370	68,693	62,374	131,427	6,657	8,400	15,057	12.94	1.22
South Coast	37,942	32,304	70,246	38,181	34,785	72,966	239	2,481	2,720	3.87	0.38
Northern Table-land	36,120	28,626	64,746	42,318	35,890	78,208	6,198	7,264	13,462	20.79	1.91
Central Table-land	53,675	45,687	99,362	58,905	52,595	111,500	5,230	6,908	12,138	12.22	1.16
Southern Table-land	40,069	35,517	75,586	42,758	38,170	80,928	2,689	2,653	5,342	7.07	0.69
North-Western Slope	12,978	8,920	21,898	16,438	12,541	28,979	3,460	3,621	7,081	32.34	2.84
Central-Western Slope	23,860	17,460	41,320	29,859	23,785	53,644	5,999	6,325	12,324	29.83	2.64
South-Western Slope	26,177	19,846	46,023	32,587	26,605	59,192	6,410	6,759	13,169	28.61	2.55
Riverina	14,665	9,551	24,216	17,522	12,488	30,010	2,857	2,937	5,794	23.93	2.17
Plains East of Darling	15,643	8,215	23,858	14,557	9,592	24,149	(-)1086	1,377	291	1.22	0.14
Trans-Darling	21,669	11,975	33,644	22,221	15,469	37,690	552	3,494	4,046	12.03	1.14
Lord Howe Island	30	25	55	58	42	100	28	17	45	81.82	6.16
Shipping (undistributed)	808	41	849	646	60	706	(-)162	19	(-)143	(-)16.84
Grand Total, New South Wales	612,562	519,672	1,132,234	712,456	646,677	1,359,133	99,894	127,005	226,899	20.04	1.84