Table No. XXXII., RETURN showing the POPULATION contained within the undermentioned MUNICIPALITIES ; also, the AREA in SQUARE MILES, the NUMBER of PERSONS to each SQUARE MILE, and the POPULATION within a RADIUS of FIVE MILES from the POST OFFICE of each of the several TOWNS.
| Name of Municipality. |
Population of Municipality. |
Area of Municipality in Square Miles. |
Number of Persons to Square Mile in each Municipality. |
Population Contained within a Five-Mile Radius from General Post Office situated within each Town.* |
| Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
| Brisbane |
13,030 |
12,859 |
25,889 |
2½ |
10355.60 |
†47077 |
46,580 |
93,657 |
| South Brisbane |
11,407 |
11,442 |
22,849 |
4½ |
5077.56 |
|
|
|
| Rockhampton |
5,752 |
5,877 |
11,629 |
23 |
503.42 |
†7217 |
7,175 |
14,392 |
| North Rockhampton |
913 |
838 |
1,751 |
31 |
56.48 |
|
|
|
| Charters Towers |
2,521 |
2,076 |
4,597 |
1 |
4597.00 |
7,435 |
5,885 |
13,320 |
| Ipswich |
3,667 |
3,958 |
7,625 |
4 |
1906.25 |
6,492 |
6,567 |
13,059 |
| Maryborough |
4,844 |
4,856 |
9,700 |
22 |
440.91 |
5,987 |
5,737 |
11,724 |
| *Gympie |
4,318 |
4,131 |
8,449 |
4 |
2112.25 |
5,683 |
5,289 |
10,972 |
| Toowoomba |
3,348 |
3,659 |
7,007 |
6 |
1167.83 |
5,311 |
5,625 |
10,936 |
| Townsville |
4,661 |
3,903 |
8,564 |
3¼ |
2635.08 |
5,634 |
4,722 |
10,356 |
| Bundaberg |
1,996 |
1,986 |
3,982 |
1 |
2488.75 |
4,084 |
3,339 |
7,423 |
| Mackay |
1,853 |
1,744 |
3,597 |
8 |
449.63 |
2,049 |
1,888 |
3,937 |
| Warwick |
1,680 |
1,722 |
3,402 |
24 |
141.75 |
1,888 |
1,854 |
3,742 |
| Cooktown |
1,441 |
1,179 |
2,620 |
15 |
174.67 |
1,517 |
1,204 |
3,721 |
| Cairns |
1,630 |
830 |
2,460 |
37 |
66.49 |
1,671 |
840 |
2,511 |
| Roma |
843 |
855 |
1,698 |
15 |
113.20 |
930 |
927 |
1,857 |
| Bowen |
538 |
544 |
1,082 |
3¾ |
288.53 |
675 |
683 |
1,358 |
| Normanton |
720 |
531 |
1,251 |
20 |
62.55 |
731 |
539 |
1,270 |
| Gladstone |
498 |
434 |
932 |
8½ |
109.65 |
592 |
475 |
1,067 |