Table No. XXIII., SHOWING the AREA of each CENSUS DISTRICT in SQUARE MILES, and the NUMBER of PERSONS to a SQUARE MILE (exclusive of SHIPPING) at the ENUMERATIONS of 1881 and 1886.
DISTRICT. 1881. DISTRICT. 1886.
AREA. PERSONS TO A SQUARE MILE. AREA. PERSONS TO A SQUARE MILE.
NORTHERN DIVISION— NORTHERN DIVISION—
Somerset 4,405 0.06 Somerset 4,250 0.20
Cook 20,110 59,419 0.18 0.11 Cook 16,489 57,433 0.29 0.27
Cairns 2,864 1.60
Cardwell 10,669 0.11 Cardwell 8,730 0.34
Herberton 1,970 1.19
Woothakata 28,640 0.06 Woothakata 27,380 0.02
Palmer 31,320 0.18 Palmer 33,450 0.04
Burke 104,070 0.01 Burke 57,762 103,900 0.04 0.5
Cloncurry 29,238 0.04
Hughenden 16,900 0.10
Etheridge 16,160 0.06 Etheridge 16,000 0.06
Townsville 2,913 1.68 Townsville 2,943 3.81
Kennedy 20,440 0.36 Kennedy—Subdivisions 1 to 9 19812½ 0.64
Bowen 11,310 0.14 Bowen 11323 0.19
Mackay 1,839 3.13 Mackay 1,847 5.99
Clermont, part of 5,421 0.04 Clermont, part of—Subdivisions 1 and 2 4436½ 0.04
Northern Division, Census 1881 257,327 0.13 Northern Division, Census 1886 255405 0.24
CENTRAL DIVISION— CENTRAL DIVISION—
Marathon 66,110 85,880 0.02 .23 Marathon 56,950 86228½ 0.03 0.06
Aramac 19,770 0.08 Aramac 21,550 0.12
Kennedy—Subdivisions 10, 10A, 10AA 7728½ 0.08
Diamentina 61,330 72,540 0.01 0.03 Diamentina 52,633 72,632 0.03 0.07
Blackall 11,210 0.15 Blackall 8,705 0.31
Tambo—Subdivision 1 2,096 0.40
Warrego—Subdivision 1 9,198 0.05
St. Lawrence 8,385 0.10 St. Lawrence 8,796 1.29
Peak Downs 5,657 0.08 Peak Downs 4,675 0.07
Springsure 11,230 0.13 Springsure 15,740 0.12
Leichhardt 9,913 0.10 Leichhardt 5,893 0.19
Rockhampton 23 318.10 Rockhampton 54 198.02
Gladstone 3,898 0.42 Gladstone 3808½ 3923½ 0.46 0.49
Bundaberg—Subdivision 11ss 115 0.46
Clermont, part of 18,169 0.29 Clermont—Subdivisions 3 to 8, and part of Sub-divisions 1 and 2 19128½ 0.25
Westwood 6,301 0.73 Westwood 6,270 1.05
Central Division, Census 1881 221996 0.12 Central Division, Census 1886 223340 0.17
SOUTHERN DIVISION— SOUTHERN DIVISION—
Bundaberg 1,611 3.03 Bundaberg—Subdivisions 1 to 11, 12, 12A 1,644 5.96
Wide Bay 2,530 2,764 0.70 4.23 Wide Bay 2,530 2,786 1.33 5.48
Maryborough 234 42.40 Maryborough 256 46.47
Tiaro 1,766 1.20 Tiaro 1,814 1.44
Gympie 2,047 3.63 Gympie 1,897 2069½ 6.26 6.00
Caboolture—Subdivision 15 172½ 3.12
Burnett 12,500 0.21 Burnett 11,711 12,566 0.21 0.20
Darling Downs North—Subdivision 11 855 0.02
Warrego 45,520 0.01 Warrego—Subdivision 2 to 7 44,644 45,015 0.04 0.04
Tambo—Subdivision 2ss 371 0.09
Cunnamulla 19,340 0.03 Cunnamulla 19,200 0.09
Charleville 20,970 0.07 Charleville 18,400 21,333 0.10 0.10
Tambo—Subdivisions 2 and 2ssA 2,933 0.06
Balonne 27,090 0.09 Balonne 27,064 0.09
Maranoa 12,340 0.32 Maranoa 12,340 0.37
Taroom 10,720 0.05 Taroom 10,550 0.06
Dalby 1 682.11 Dalby 1 693.16
Darling Downs North 9,862 0.40 Darling Downs North—Subdivision 1 to 10 9,827 0.49
Darling Downs West 7,662 0.12 Darling Downs West 7,668 0.15
Darling Downs East 4,495 0.96 Darling Downs East 4513 1.14
Darling Downs Central 2,537 2.09 Darling Downs Central 2537 2.34
Drayton and Toowoomba 216¼ 46.26 Drayton and Toowoomba 93¼ 234¾ 100.56 49.77
Highfields—Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 140¼ 15.87
Stanthorpe 318 6.51 Stanthorpe 318 7.10
Warwick 24 149.83 Warwick 24 128.04
Stanley 2,215 0.59 Stanley 1580¾ 2200¾ 1.06 0.98
Highfields—Subdivisions 4, 5 619½ 0.77
Caboolture 1,526 4.43 Caboolture—Subdivisions 1 to 14, 16, 17 1533 7.72
Moreton West 1,463 6.85 Moreton West 1,463 9.27
Ipswich 40¾ 176.39 Ipswich 40¾ 234.65
Fassifern 995 3.80 Fassifern 995 1,105 5.64 5.12
Logan—Subdivision 13ss 110 0.37
Brisbane 10 3095.00 Brisbane 10 5112.80
Oxley 304 36.28 Oxley 304 69.76
Moreton East 384 9.54 Moreton East 210 26.82
Logan 1,475 3.55 Logan—Subdivisions 1 to 13 1,379 5.66
Southern Division, Census 1881 190196 0.79 Southern Division, Census 1886 189750 1.16
Total of Colony, Census 1881 (exclusive of Shipping) 669,520 0.32 Total of Colony, Census 1886 (exclusive of Shipping) 668,497 0.48