CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—HABITATIONS., TABLE XXV.—The Population, Urban and Rural respectively, in each County in 1891 and 1901 ; also the increase in Urban Population between 1891 and 1901 (exclusive of Aborigines).
| COUNTY. |
POPULATION, 1891. |
POPULATION, 1901. |
Increase in Urban Population, 1891-1901. |
| Urban. |
Rural. |
Urban. |
Rural. |
| Cumberland Division— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Metropolis |
383,283 |
|
481,830 |
|
98,547 |
| Metropolis Shipping |
|
4,048 |
|
6,070 |
|
| Balance of County Cumberland |
42,094 |
21,637 |
62,540 |
19,039 |
20,446 |
| Total, Cumberland Division |
425,377 |
25,685 |
544,370 |
25,109 |
118,993 |
| North Coast Division— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Clarence |
6,944 |
8,669 |
8,202 |
9,411 |
1,258 |
| Dudley |
2,127 |
3,639 |
1,898 |
4,508 |
(-)229 |
| Fitzroy |
|
2,447 |
|
3,149 |
|
| Macquarie |
2,238 |
9,735 |
3,018 |
12,207 |
780 |
| Raleigh |
|
3,638 |
|
4,631 |
|
| Richmond |
1,040 |
2,835 |
2,114 |
2,627 |
1,074 |
| Rous |
6,327 |
11,509 |
9,424 |
18,248 |
3,097 |
| Total, North Coast Division |
18,676 |
42,472 |
24,656 |
54,781 |
5,980 |
| Lower Hunter Division— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Durham |
3,237 |
12,039 |
4,047 |
13,642 |
810 |
| Gloucester |
3,316 |
10,176 |
3,931 |
11,081 |
615 |
| Northumberland |
67,028 |
19,590 |
75,838 |
21,593 |
8,810 |
| Newcastle Shipping |
|
752 |
|
1,250 |
|
| Total, Lower Hunter Division |
73,581 |
42,557 |
83,816 |
47,566 |
10,235 |
| South Coast Division— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Auckland |
2,534 |
7,161 |
2,983 |
7,793 |
449 |
| Camden |
28,564 |
12,754 |
30,258 |
11,977 |
1,694 |
| Dampier |
1,236 |
3,808 |
1,618 |
4,134 |
382 |
| St. Vincent |
6,888 |
6,813 |
6,740 |
7,388 |
(-)148 |
| Total, South Coast Division. |
39,222 |
30,536 |
41,599 |
31,292 |
2,377 |
| Northern Table-land— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Arrawatta |
|
1,752 |
40 |
2,665 |
40 |
| Buckland |
1,139 |
3,400 |
2,179 |
4,473 |
1,040 |
| Buller |
|
1,524 |
|
1,409 |
|
| Clarke |
|
1,367 |
|
1,599 |
|
| Clive |
2,477 |
1,590 |
2,604 |
1,849 |
127 |
| Darling |
|
2,773 |
1,635 |
2,941 |
1,635 |
| Drake |
548 |
697 |
814 |
529 |
266 |
| Gough |
6,044 |
6,953 |
7,149 |
6,849 |
1,105 |
| Gresham |
|
525 |
|
442 |
|
| Hardinge |
1,167 |
3,039 |
1,177 |
5,256 |
10 |
| Hawes |
|
248 |
|
322 |
|
| Inglis |
4,602 |
2,090 |
5,286 |
2,980 |
684 |
| Murchison |
738 |
2,156 |
1,382 |
2,984 |
644 |
| Parry |
260 |
3,250 |
1,009 |
3,238 |
749 |
| Sandon |
6,743 |
6,177 |
7,301 |
7,045 |
558 |
| Vernon |
864 |
1,723 |
980 |
1,675 |
116 |
| Total, Northern Table-land |
24,582 |
39,264 |
31,556 |
46,256 |
6,974 |
| Central Table-land— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bathurst |
16,128 |
13,978 |
18,225 |
14,519 |
2,097 |
| Bligh |
|
3,268 |
871 |
3,829 |
871 |
| Brisbane |
2,130 |
5,114 |
2,945 |
5,473 |
815 |
| Cook |
8,196 |
6,586 |
11,900 |
5,757 |
3,704 |
| Georgiana |
792 |
5,310 |
999 |
5,888 |
207 |
| Hunter |
|
1,963 |
|
1,791 |
|
| Phillip |
2,351 |
3,339 |
2,867 |
3,401 |
516 |
| Roxburgh |
3,497 |
5,978 |
2,816 |
6,211 |
(-)678 |
| Wellington |
9,516 |
6,912 |
12,312 |
7,614 |
2,796 |
| Westmoreland |
|
3,964 |
|
3,974 |
|
| Total, Central Table-land |
42,610 |
56,412 |
52,938 |
58,457 |
10,328 |
| Southern Table-land— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Argyle |
11,639 |
7,289 |
11,496 |
7,722 |
(-)143 |
| Beresford |
1,729 |
2,486 |
1,938 |
2,649 |
209 |
| Buccleuch |
|
2,206 |
|
2,480 |
|
| Cowley |
|
683 |
|
793 |
|
| King |
1,990 |
6,421 |
3,472 |
5,227 |
1,482 |
| Monteagle |
4,425 |
4,530 |
4,833 |
4,951 |
408 |
| Murray |
3,099 |
6,114 |
3,948 |
4,808 |
849 |
| Selwyn |
496 |
1,497 |
860 |
1,504 |
364 |
| Wallace |
|
3,436 |
608 |
3,307 |
608 |
| Wellesley |
1,101 |
3,631 |
1,494 |
3,617 |
393 |
| Wynyard |
6,671 |
5,855 |
7,448 |
7,603 |
777 |
| Total, Southern Table-land |
31,150 |
44,148 |
36,097 |
44,721 |
4,947 |
| North-Western Slope— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Baradine |
742 |
859 |
818 |
1,145 |
76 |
| Benarba |
|
928 |
|
1,714 |
|
| Burnett |
400 |
1,302 |
875 |
1,743 |
475 |
| Courallie |
1,143 |
1,360 |
2,298 |
1,572 |
1,155 |
| Denham |
|
274 |
|
477 |
|
| Jamison |
|
1,305 |
|
1,247 |
|
| Leichhardt |
1,141 |
1,681 |
1,680 |
1,802 |
539 |
| Nandewar |
1,983 |
1,121 |
2,315 |
1,478 |
332 |
| Pottinger |
1,862 |
2,835 |
2,441 |
3,755 |
579 |
| Stapylton |
|
1,021 |
|
1,156 |
|
| White |
384 |
721 |
1,452 |
580 |
1,068 |
| Total, North-Western Slope |
7,655 |
13,407 |
11,879 |
16,669 |
4,224 |
| Central-Western Slope— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ashburnham |
7,529 |
6,500 |
9,298 |
7,971 |
1,769 |
| Cunningham |
742 |
1,522 |
1,046 |
2,393 |
304 |
| Ewenmar |
240 |
1,757 |
866 |
2,693 |
626 |
| Gordon |
|
2,462 |
259 |
3,915 |
259 |
| Gowen |
580 |
1,444 |
662 |
2,458 |
82 |
| Kennedy |
|
1,843 |
|
1,766 |
|
| Lincoln |
4,555 |
3,746 |
4,854 |
4,376 |
299 |
| Napier |
|
995 |
|
944 |
|
| Narromine |
1,557 |
2,277 |
3,657 |
2,910 |
2,100 |
| Oxley |
1,824 |
1,156 |
2,399 |
966 |
575 |
| Total, Central-Western Slope |
17,027 |
23,702 |
23,041 |
30,392 |
6,014 |
| South-Western Slope— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bland |
915 |
3,656 |
2,942 |
4,450 |
2,027 |
| Bourke |
|
3,451 |
533 |
4,422 |
533 |
| Clarendon |
3,003 |
3,445 |
4,138 |
4,321 |
1,135 |
| Forbes |
225 |
2,983 |
1,116 |
2,795 |
891 |
| Gipps |
|
1,590 |
1,923 |
1,610 |
1,923 |
| Goulburn |
5,447 |
3,789 |
6,383 |
3,670 |
936 |
| Harden |
3,252 |
6,459 |
4,589 |
6,128 |
1,337 |
| Hume |
1,171 |
3,957 |
2,355 |
4,365 |
1,184 |
| Mitchell |
|
2,582 |
212 |
3,207 |
212 |
| Total, South-Western Slope |
14,013 |
31,912 |
24,191 |
34,968 |
10,178 |