CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—POPULATION., TABLE XXVI.—The Urban Population, distributed into Towns of various sizes ; also showing the proportion borne by the Population of these Towns to the total Urban Population, at each Census from 1871 to 1901.
| AGGREGATION OF POPULATION IN URBAN CENTRES. |
NUMBER OF TOWNS AND TOTAL POPULATION. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. OF TOTAL URBAN POPULATION. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
| Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
Number of Towns. |
Total Population. |
| 100000 and over |
1 |
137,586 |
1 |
224,939 |
1 |
383,283 |
1 |
481,830 |
1.79 |
58.67 |
0.89 |
52.69 |
0.58 |
52.21 |
0.43 |
51.98 |
| 20000 to 100000 |
|
|
1 |
24,303 |
1 |
49,910 |
1 |
53,741 |
|
|
0.89 |
5.76 |
0.58 |
6.80 |
0.43 |
5.80 |
| 5000 to 20000 |
4 |
32,987 |
5 |
33,910 |
6 |
64,286 |
11 |
98,889 |
7.14 |
14.05 |
4.46 |
7.94 |
3.44 |
8.76 |
4.76 |
10.67 |
| 2000 to 5000 |
7 |
20,564 |
20 |
54,608 |
40 |
115,792 |
42 |
125,683 |
12.50 |
8.76 |
17.86 |
12.79 |
22.99 |
15.77 |
18.19 |
13.56 |
| 1000 to 2000 |
20 |
27,589 |
38 |
56,157 |
53 |
74,908 |
62 |
91,359 |
35.71 |
11.75 |
33.93 |
13.15 |
30.46 |
10.20 |
26.84 |
9.86 |
| 500* to 1000 |
24 |
15,897 |
47 |
32,753 |
73 |
45,973 |
114 |
75,472 |
42.86 |
6.77 |
41.97 |
7.67 |
41.95 |
6.26 |
49.35 |
8.13 |
| Total, Urban Population |
56 |
234,623 |
112 |
426,670 |
174 |
734,152 |
231 |
926,974 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |