CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—HABITATIONS., TABLE IX.—The Number and Proportion of Dwellings in New South Wales, Inhabited, Uninhabited, etc., and the Materials of which they were built, at each Census, 1871 to 1901 (exclusive of Shipping).
| CLASS OF DWELLING, AND MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN BUILDING. |
NUMBER. |
PROPORTION. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
|
|
|
|
|
per cent. |
per cent. |
per cent. |
per cent. |
| Inhabited— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houses |
91,270 |
127,874 |
196,850 |
244,836 |
92.56 |
88.96 |
81.34 |
86.41 |
| Tents and Camps |
2,420 |
7,452 |
18,794 |
7,096 |
2.45 |
5.18 |
7.77 |
2.50 |
| Stores, Offices, &c. |
|
|
296 |
118 |
|
|
0.12 |
0.04 |
| Public Institutions |
|
|
262 |
452 |
|
|
0.11 |
0.16 |
| Total, Inhabited |
93,690 |
135,326 |
216,202 |
252,502 |
95.01 |
94.14 |
89.34 |
89.11 |
| Uninhabited |
4,917 |
6,016 |
16,166 |
14,831 |
4.99 |
4.19 |
6.68 |
5.23 |
| Being Built |
|
2,398 |
1,255 |
1,438 |
|
1.67 |
0.52 |
0.51 |
| Total, Dwellings |
98,607 |
143,740 |
233,623 |
268,771 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
96.54 |
94.85 |
| Other Buildings (Stores, Churches, &c.) |
|
|
8,368 |
14,581 |
|
|
3.46 |
5.15 |
| Total, Buildings |
|
|
241,991 |
283,352 |
|
|
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Materials employed in Building— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brick |
28,497 |
44,417 |
80,922 |
98,152 |
28.90 |
30.90 |
33.44 |
34.64 |
| Stone |
|
|
8,620 |
11,627 |
|
|
3.56 |
4.10 |
| Wood |
50,800 |
70,423 |
122,076 |
146,614 |
51.52 |
48.99 |
50.44 |
51.74 |
| Iron |
|
964 |
3,455 |
6,165 |
|
0.67 |
1.43 |
2.18 |
| Lath and Plaster, Mud, &c. |
11,973 |
12,070 |
4,832 |
4,996 |
12.14 |
8.40 |
2.00 |
1.76 |
| Concrete, Adobe, Pise |
|
|
914 |
1,548 |
|
|
0.38 |
0.55 |
| Canvas, Calico (Tents, Drays, &c.) |
2,420 |
7,452 |
18,794 |
8,877 |
2.45 |
5.18 |
7.77 |
3.13 |
| Unspecified and indefinite |
4,917 |
8,414 |
2,378 |
5,373 |
4.99 |
5.86 |
0.98 |
1.90 |
| Total |
98,607 |
143,740 |
241,991 |
283,352 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |