Table No. II., COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the POPULATION in the several ELECTORAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of QUEENSLAND, according to a CENSUS taken on the 1st of JANUARY, 1864, and a CENSUS taken on the 2nd MARCH, 1868, with the INCREASE or DECREASE shown by the CENSUS of 1868.
| Electorate. |
1864. |
1868. |
Increase in 1868. |
Decrease in 1868. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
| Brisbane, North |
4,139 |
3,812 |
7,951 |
4,526 |
4,646 |
9,172 |
1,221 |
|
| Brisbane, South |
921 |
875 |
1,796 |
558 |
618 |
1,176 |
|
620 |
| Burnett |
1,873 |
816 |
2,689 |
2,178 |
1,098 |
3,276 |
587 |
|
| Clermont* |
|
|
|
1,944 |
372 |
2,316 |
2,316 |
|
| Downs, Eastern |
1,401 |
824 |
2,225 |
1,759 |
1,108 |
2,867 |
642 |
|
| Downs, Northern |
1,322 |
688 |
2,010 |
2,307 |
1,364 |
3,671 |
1,661 |
|
| Downs, Western† |
2,074 |
986 |
3,060 |
1,477 |
807 |
2,284 |
|
776 |
| Drayton and Toowoomba |
1,214 |
908 |
2,122 |
3,056 |
2,976 |
6,032 |
3,910 |
|
| Fortitude Valley |
1,381 |
1,423 |
2,804 |
1,809 |
2,108 |
3,917 |
1,113 |
|
| Ipswich |
2,316 |
2,263 |
4,579 |
2,410 |
2,611 |
5,021 |
442 |
|
| Kennedy* |
|
|
|
3,587 |
1,368 |
4,955 |
4,955 |
|
| Leichhardt |
4,393 |
989 |
5,382 |
3,234 |
820 |
4,054 |
|
1,328 |
| Maranoa |
1,958 |
560 |
2,518 |
2,194 |
770 |
2,964 |
446 |
|
| Maryborough‡ |
|
|
|
2,349 |
1,698 |
4,047 |
4,047 |
|
| Mitchell* |
|
|
|
618 |
80 |
698 |
698 |
|
| Moreton, East |
4,479 |
3,327 |
7,806 |
7,486 |
6,426 |
13,912 |
6,106 |
|
| Moreton, West |
2,849 |
2,132 |
4,981 |
4,090 |
3,594 |
7,684 |
2,703 |
|
| Port Curtis |
4,351 |
2,473 |
6,824 |
3,041 |
1,377 |
4,418 |
|
2,406 |
| Rockhampton§ |
|
|
|
3,236 |
2,850 |
6,086 |
6,086 |
|
| Warrego‖ |
|
|
|
1,000 |
157 |
1,157 |
1,157 |
|
| Warwick |
994 |
762 |
1,756 |
1,157 |
1,097 |
2,254 |
498 |
|
| Wide Bay |
1,760 |
1,204 |
2,964 |
6,199 |
1,152 |
7,351 |
4,387 |
|
| TOTALS |
37,425 |
24,042 |
61,467 |
60,215 |
39,097 |
99,312 |
42,975 |
5,130 |