Table No. XI., SHOWING TOTALS of POPULATION in the several DIVISIONS of the COLONY, according to the CENSUS of 1876 and 1881 respectively ; also the NUMERICAL INCREASE or DECREASE, as shown by GROUPS of CENSUS DISTRICTS.
CENSUS 1876. CENSUS 1881. Increase, 1881. Decrease, 1881.
Districts. Persons. Districts. Persons.
NORTHERN DIVISION—
Somerset 458 13,548 Somerset 673 215
Palmer 9,215 Palmer 5,574 13,048 500
Cook 3,434 Cook, part of 3,390
Etheridge 514 Woothakata 1,796
Gilberton 67 Etheridge 1,042
Burke 318 Burke 1,246
Cook, part of 263 15,601 5,603
Cardwell 592 9,998 Cardwell 1,196
Townsville 2,685 Townsville 5,140
Bowen 1,622 Bowen 1,539
Kennedy North 4,651 Kennedy 7,268
Kennedy South 448 Clermont, part of 195
Population, Northern Division, Census 1876 24,004 Population, Northern Division, Census 1881 29,322 5,818 500
CENTRAL DIVISION—
Mackay 3,803 Mackay 5,787 1,984
Marathon 873 2,192 Marathon 1,219 5,025 2,833
Blackall 974 Aramac 1,500
Tambo 345 Diamentina 654
Blackall 1,652
St. Lawrence 1,451 18,713 St. Lawrence 799 21,191 2,478
Peak Downs 1,082 Peak Downs 433
Leichhardt 2,301 Clermont, part of 5,349
Rockhampton 8,059 Westwood 4,589
Clermont 2,784 Rockhampton 7,431
Gladstone 1,432 Gladstone 1,632
Westwood 1,604 Leichhardt 958
Springsure 1,149 Springsure 1,438 289
Population, Central Division, Census 1876 25,857 Population, Central Division, Census 1881 33,441 7,584 Nil.
SOUTHERN DIVISION—
Charleville 1,036 Charleville 1,458 422
Cunnamulla 355 Cunnamulla 656 301
Balonne 1,697 Balonne 2,407 710
Warrego 290 Warrego 514 224
Bundaberg 2,187 12,236 Bundaberg 4,879 16,607 4,371
Wide Bay 1,437 Wide Bay 1,802
Maryborough 8,612 Maryborough 9,926
Tiaro 1,492 Tiaro 2,126 634
Gympie 5,367 Gympie 7,432 2,065
Burnett 3,189 Burnett, part of 2,654 535
Stanley 1,150 Stanley 1,307 1,651 501
Caboolture, part of 312
Burnett, part of 32
Caboolture 3,609 Caboolture, part of 4,433 824
Moreton East 5,580 Moreton East 4,379 7,664 2,084
Caboolture, part of 2,012
Brisbane, part of 639
Oxley, part of 634
Brisbane 26,953 Brisbane, part of 30,470 31,716 4,763
Oxley, part of 1,246
Oxley 7,035 Oxley, part of 9,128 9,274 2,239
Moreton West, part of 25
Logan, part of 121
Logan 4,160 Logan, part of 5,135 5,213 1,053
Fassifern, part of 78
Moreton West 8,127 17,673 Moreton West, part of 10,024 21,013 3,340
Ipswich 7,730 Ipswich 7,188
Fassifern 1,816 Fassifern, part of 3,706
Oxley, part of 95
Taroom 818 Taroom 565 253
Darling Downs North 2,163 27,242 Darling Downs North 3,910 30,513 3,271
Dalby 2,277 Dalby 1,296
Darling Downs Central 2,773 Darling Downs Central 5,301
Drayton and Toowoomba 9,499 Drayton and Toowoomba 10,004
Darling Downs East 3,436 Darling Downs East 4,337
Stanthorpe 3,037 Stanthorpe 2,069
Warwick 4,057 Warwick 3,596
Darling Downs West 948 Darling Downs West 937 11
Maranoa 2,592 Maranoa 3,929 1,337
Population, Southern Division, Census 1876 123,422 Population, Southern Division, Census 1881. 150,762 28,139 799
Total Population, Census 1873 173,283 Total Population, Census 1881 213,525 Decrease, 1299
Increase 41,541
Less Decrease in certain Districts 1,299
Net Increase 40,242