Statement B.
Divisions. Census District. Area in Square Miles. Percentage Persons to Square Mile. Situation of District in Colony. Population. Percentage to Total Census Population of the Colony. Number of Inhabited Dwellings exclusive of Shipping. Percentage of Inhabited Dwellings to the square mile. Persons living in Towns where Inhabitants number over100. Rural Population in District. Percentage Urban population to Total of District. Percentage Rural Population.
NORTHERN. Somerset 4,250 0.20 Extreme Northern portion of the Colony 1,223 0.08 142 0.03 491 732 40.15 59.85
Cook 16,489 0.29 On the East Coast 5,389 1.67 1,171 0.07 3,281 2,108 60.88 29.13
Cairne 2,861 1.60 On the East Coast 4,650 1.44 876 0.31 1,643 3,008 35.31 64.69
Cardwell 8,730 0.34 On the East Coast 2,946 0.92 303 0.06 408 2,578 13.66 86.34
Townsville 2,943 3.81 On the East Coast 11,486 3.56 1,851 0.63 7,860 3,626 68.43 31.57
Bowen 11,333 0.19 On the East Coast 2,215 0.69 484 0.04 982 1,233 44.33 55.67
Mackay 1,847 5.99 On the East Coast 11,082 3.43 1,794 0.97 4,438 6,644 40.05 59.96
Herberton 1,970 1.19 48 miles from East Coast 2,346 0.73 780 0.40 949 1,397 40.45 59.55
Woothakata 27,380 0.02 On Gulf of Carpentaria 636 0.20 233 0.01 634 100.00
Palmer 33,450 0.04 On Gulf of Carpentaria 1,306 0.40 442 0.01 154 1,152 11.79 86.21
Burke 57,762 0.04 On Gulf of Carpentaria 2,416 0.75 931 0.02 973 1,443 40.27 59.73
Cloncurry 29,238 0.04 North-western District, 200 miles from Northern Coast 1,091 0.34 263 0.01 449 642 41.15 58.85
Hughenden 16,900 0.10 Inland, 200 miles from Northern Coast 1,610 0.50 408 0.02 674 936 41.86 58.14
Etheridge 16,000 0.06 Gulf of Carpentaria 1,023 0.32 303 0.02 267 756 26.10 73.90
Kennedy—Subs. 1 to 9 19,812½ 0.61 Inland either side Great Dividing Range 12,715 3.94 3,019 0.15 7,605 5,110 59.81 40.19
Clermont—Part Subs. 1 and 2 4436½ 0.04 Inland, 220 miles from Coast 165 0.05 51 0.01 165 100.00
Total Northern Division 255,405 0.24 62,339 19.31 13,141 0.05 30,173 32,166 48.40 51.60
CENTRAL. Aramac 21,550 0.12 Western District, 400 miles from Coast 2,488 0.77 600 0.03 625 1,863 25.12 74.88
Marathon 56,950 0.03 Extreme Western District 1,943 0.60 441 0.01 530 1,413 27.28 72.72
Kennedy—Subs.10, 10A, 10AA 7728½ 0.08 Inland, either side of Great Dividing Range 646 0.20 190 0.02 127 519 19.06 80.34
Blackall 8,705 0.31 Central District 2,710 0.84 685 0.08 1,443 1,267 53.24 46.76
Diamentina 52,633 0.03 Extreme Western District 1,325 0.41 300 0.01 290 1,035 21.80 78.11
Tambo—Sub. 1 2,096 0.40 Central District 836 0.26 179 0.09 433 403 51.79 48.21
Warrego—Sub. 1 9,198 0.05 Extreme South-western District 481 0.15 75 0.01 481 100.00
St. Lawrence 8,796 1.29 On the East Coast 1,136 0.35 303 0.03 200 936 17.61 82.39
Peak Downs 4,675 0.07 79 miles from Coast 333 0.10 64 0.01 333 100.00
Springsure 15,740 0.12 225 miles from Coast 1,910 0.59 454 0.03 491 1,419 25.71 74.29
Leichhardt 5,893 0.19 96 miles from Coast 1,093 0.34 369 0.06 116 977 10.61 99.39
Rockhampton 54 198.02 On the East Coast 10,793 3.34 1,934 35.75 10,793 100.00
Gladstone 2,808 0.46 On the East Coast 1,764 0.55 385 0.10 444 1,320 25.17 74.83
Bundaberg—Sub. 11ss 115 0.46 On the East Coast 53 0.02 14 0.12 53 100.00
Clormont—Subs. 3 to 8, part of 1 and 2 19128½ 0.25 220 miles from Coast 4,695 1.46 1,222 0.06 3,041 1,654 64.77 35.23
Westwood 6,270 1.05 On the East Coast 6,615 2.06 1,371 0.22 1,564 5,051 23.64 76.36
Total Central Division 223340 0.17 38,821 12.02 8,586 0.04 20,097 18,724 51.77 48.23
SOUTHERN. Bundaberg—Subs. 1 to 11, 12, 12A 1,644 5.96 On the East Coast 9,837 3.04 2,073 0.26 2,323 7,514 23.61 76.39
Wide Bay 2,530 1.33 On the East Coast 3,363 1.04 764 0.30 763 2,600 22.69 77.31
Maryborough 256 46.47 On the East Coast 12,106 3.75 1,792 7.00 9,281 2,825 76.66 23.34
Plaro 1,814 1.44 On the East Coast 2,614 0.81 539 0.30 792 1,822 30.30 69.70
Gympie 1,897 6.26 On the East Coast 11,867 3.67 2,339 1.26 7,926 3,941 66.79 33.21
Caboolture 1,705 10.84 On the East Coast 12,373 3.83 2,315 1.63 1,760 10,613 14.22 85.78
Burnett 11,711 0.21 110 miles from East Coast 2,432 0.75 622 0.05 960 1,472 39.47 60.53
Darling Downs North 10,682 0.51 150 miles from East Coast 4,802 1.49 1,083 0.12 453 4,349 9.43 90.57
Warrego—Subs. 2 to 7 44,644 0.04 Extreme South-western District 1,593 0.49 393 0.01 571 1,022 35.84 64.16
Tambo—Subs. 2, 2SS, 2SSA 3,304 0.15 Central District 221 0.07 102 0.07 221 100.00
Cunnamulla 19,200 0.09 490 miles from East Coast 1,746 0.54 383 0.02 621 1,125 35.56 64.44
Charleville 18,400 0.10 430 miles from East Coast 1,850 0.57 523 0.03 676 1,174 36.54 63.46
Balonne 27,064 0.09 330 miles from East Coast 2,510 0.78 526 0.02 798 1,712 31.79 68.21
Maranoa 12,340 0.37 330 miles from East Coast 4,602 1.42 928 0.08 2,300 2,302 49.98 50.02
Taroom 10,530 0.06 215 miles from East Coast 669 0.21 159 0.02 198 471 29.60 70.40
Dalby 1 693.16 115 miles from East Coast 1,317 0.41 242 127.37 1,317 100.00
Darling Downs West 7,668 0.15 190 miles from East Coast 1,131 0.35 268 0.03 507 624 44.83 55.17
Darling Downs East 4513 1.14 110 miles from East Coast 5,128 1.59 909 0.22 239 4,889 4.66 95.34
Darling Downs Central 2,537 2.34 100 miles from East Coast 5,947 1.84 1,113 0.44 758 5,189 13.74 87.23
Drayton & Toowoomba 93¼ 100.56 75 miles from East Coast 9,428 2.92 1,703 18.17 7,932 1,496 84.13 15.87
Highfields 760 16.64 75 miles from East Coast 2,703 0.84 621 3.66 2,705 100.00
Stanthorpe 318 7.10 Extreme Southern District, 100 miles from Coast 2,258 0.70 459 1.44 1,005 1,253 44.51 55.49
Warwick 24 128.04 90 miles from Coast 3,073 0.95 423 17.62 3,073 100.00
Stanley 1580¾ 1.06 50 miles from Coast 1,676 0.52 352 0.22 185 1,491 yyy 88.96
Moreton West 1,463 9.27 50 miles from Coast 13,556 4.20 2,513 1.72 2,802 10,754 20.67 79.33
Ipswich 40¾ 234.65 35 miles from Coast 9,562 2.96 1,755 43.07 7,576 1,986 79.23 20.77
Fassifern 905 5.64 Extreme Southern District, 50 miles from Coast 5,616 1.74 1,056 1.06 133 5,483 2.37 97.63
Logan 1,489 6.03 Extreme Southern District 7,878 2.44 1,399 1.11 2,763 5,115 35.07 64.93
Brisbane 10 5112.80 11 miles from Coast 51,689 16.01 9,101 910.10 51,689 100.00
Oxley 304 69.76 19 miles from East Coast 21,206 6.57 4,153 13.66 6,623 14,583 31.23 68.76
Moreton East 210 26.82 On the East Coast 6,938 2.15 924 4.40 430 6,508 6.20 83.80
Total Southerrn Division 189,750 1.16 221,693 68.67 41,682 0.22 116,454 105,239 52.53 47.47