Table No. XXXI., SHOWING POPULATION in MUNICIPALITIES and SHIRES, with INCREASE and DECREASE in 1881, 1876, and 1871.
| MUNICIPALITIES. |
POPULATION. |
INCREASE AND DECREASE. |
| PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| 1881. |
1876. |
1871. |
1881. |
1876. |
1871. |
1881. |
1876. |
1871. |
1881 and 1876. |
1876 and 1871. |
1881 and 1876. |
1876 and 1871. |
1881 and 1876. |
1876 and 1871. |
| Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
| Allora |
629 |
477 |
412 |
348 |
244 |
211 |
281 |
233 |
201 |
152 |
|
65 |
|
104 |
|
33 |
|
48 |
|
32 |
|
| Bowen |
794 |
1,107 |
717 |
371 |
610 |
325 |
423 |
497 |
392 |
|
313 |
390 |
|
|
239 |
285 |
|
|
74 |
105 |
|
| Blackall |
569 |
|
|
354 |
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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| Brisbane North Ward |
7,313 |
6,485 |
4,387 |
3,526 |
3,220 |
2,081 |
3,787 |
3,265 |
2,306 |
2,356 |
|
5,616 |
|
833 |
|
3,216 |
|
1,523 |
|
2,400 |
|
| Brisbane Valley Ward |
5,148 |
4,507 |
3,281 |
2,428 |
2,190 |
1,539 |
2,720 |
2,317 |
1,742 |
|
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|
|
|
| Brisbane South Ward |
2,367 |
1,799 |
1,198 |
1,155 |
913 |
576 |
1,212 |
886 |
622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brisbane Kangaroo Point Ward |
1,903 |
1,452 |
1,020 |
908 |
705 |
461 |
995 |
747 |
559 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brisbane East Ward |
2,606 |
3,002 |
2,563 |
1,354 |
1,649 |
1,268 |
1,252 |
1,353 |
1,295 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brisbane West Ward |
3,505 |
3,400 |
2,580 |
1,732 |
1,743 |
1,279 |
1,773 |
1,657 |
1,301 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brisbane Shipping on River |
159 |
|
|
150 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,001 |
20,645 |
15,029 |
11,253 |
10,420 |
7,204 |
11,748 |
10,225 |
7,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Charters Towers |
1,721 |
|
|
938 |
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Clermont |
715 |
792 |
225 |
401 |
494 |
151 |
314 |
298 |
74 |
|
77 |
567 |
|
|
93 |
343 |
|
16 |
|
224 |
|
| Cooktown |
1,593 |
|
|
1,083 |
|
|
508 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Copperfield |
838 |
1,430 |
907 |
484 |
838 |
624 |
354 |
592 |
373 |
|
592 |
433 |
|
|
354 |
214 |
|
|
238 |
219 |
|
| Dalby |
1,296 |
1,870 |
1,647 |
579 |
891 |
815 |
717 |
979 |
832 |
|
574 |
223 |
|
|
312 |
76 |
|
|
262 |
147 |
|
| Gayndah |
605 |
608 |
671 |
303 |
323 |
315 |
302 |
285 |
356 |
|
3 |
|
63 |
|
20 |
8 |
|
17 |
|
|
71 |
| Gladstone |
438 |
461 |
411 |
212 |
220 |
206 |
226 |
241 |
205 |
|
23 |
50 |
|
|
8 |
14 |
|
|
15 |
36 |
|
| Gympie |
4,564 |
|
|
2,477 |
|
|
2,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ipswich |
5,699 |
5,223 |
4,820 |
2,766 |
2,574 |
2,341 |
2,933 |
2,649 |
2,479 |
476 |
|
403 |
|
192 |
|
233 |
|
284 |
|
170 |
|
| Mackay |
2,075 |
1,479 |
729 |
1,140 |
793 |
408 |
935 |
686 |
321 |
596 |
|
750 |
|
347 |
|
385 |
|
249 |
|
365 |
|
| Maryborough |
7,083 |
5,659 |
3,542 |
3,678 |
2,864 |
1,788 |
3,405 |
2,795 |
1,754 |
1,424 |
|
2,117 |
|
814 |
|
1,076 |
|
610 |
|
1,041 |
|
| Rockhampton |
7,431 |
6,401 |
5,064 |
3,663 |
3,265 |
2,614 |
3,768 |
3,136 |
2,450 |
1,630 |
|
1,337 |
|
398 |
|
651 |
|
632 |
|
686 |
|
| Roma |
1,838 |
1,152 |
841 |
994 |
678 |
483 |
844 |
474 |
355 |
686 |
|
311 |
|
316 |
|
192 |
|
370 |
|
119 |
|
| Sandgate |
555 |
|
|
265 |
|
|
290 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Toowoomba |
5,207 |
4,695 |
3,543 |
2,528 |
2,344 |
1,728 |
2,679 |
2,351 |
1,815 |
612 |
|
1,152 |
|
184 |
|
616 |
|
328 |
|
536 |
|
| Townsville |
3,032 |
2,174 |
1,140 |
1,655 |
1,171 |
670 |
1,377 |
1,003 |
470 |
858 |
|
1,034 |
|
484 |
|
501 |
|
374 |
|
533 |
|
| Warwick |
3,596 |
3,152 |
2,473 |
1,730 |
1,584 |
1,260 |
1,866 |
1,568 |
1,213 |
414 |
|
679 |
|
146 |
|
324 |
|
298 |
|
355 |
|
| TOTALS |
73,279 |
57,325 |
42,261 |
37,224 |
29,313 |
21,146 |
36,055 |
28,012 |
21,115 |
8,534 |
1,582 |
15,127 |
63 |
3,818 |
1,026 |
8,167 |
|
4,749 |
589 |
6,968 |
71 |
| Less Decrease in certain Municipalities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,582 |
|
63 |
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
589 |
|
71 |
|
| NETT INCREASE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,932 |
|
15,064 |
|
2,792 |
|
8,167 |
|
4,160 |
|
6,897 |
|
| SHIRES— |
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| Middle Ridge |
979 |
|
|
472 |
|
|
507 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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| Toowong |
1,275 |
|
|
602 |
|
|
673 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTALS |
2,254 |
|
|
1,074 |
|
|
1,180 |
|
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