CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—POPULATION., TABLE VI.—The Number of Persons, Males and Females, in each of the Great Land Divisions 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. |
Total Increase per cent. |
Annual rate of Increase per cent. |
| 1891. |
1901. |
1891-1901. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| Eastern Division— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metropolis |
193,787 |
189,599 |
383,386 |
236,035 |
245,827 |
481,862 |
42,248 |
56,228 |
98,476 |
25.68 |
1.84 |
| Outside Metropolis |
313,512 |
265,689 |
579,201 |
352,286 |
314,080 |
666,366 |
38,774 |
48,391 |
87,165 |
15.05 |
1.41 |
| Central Division |
61,777 |
43,161 |
104,938 |
81,969 |
62,661 |
144,630 |
20,192 |
19,500 |
39,692 |
37.82 |
3.26 |
| Western Division |
38,147 |
20,858 |
59,005 |
34,577 |
23,572 |
58,149 |
(-)3570 |
2,714 |
(-)856 |
(-)1.45 |
(-)0.14 |
| Lord Howe Island |
30 |
25 |
55 |
58 |
42 |
100 |
28 |
17 |
45 |
|
|
| Shipping |
5,309 |
340 |
5,649 |
7,531 |
495 |
8,026 |
2,222 |
155 |
2,377 |
|
|
| 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 |