Progress of Population in Australasia.—Inter-censal Period 1881-91., Total Population, including Chinese and enumerated Aborigines. a
| Rate since 31 Dec. 1861. |
|
NUMBERS. |
INCREASE OR DECREASE (-). |
Rate of increase per year. |
| 1881. |
1891. |
Absolute. |
Per cent. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| 3.99 |
New South Wales |
751,468 |
411,149 |
340,319 |
1,132,234 |
612,562 |
519,673 |
380,766 |
201,413 |
179,353 |
50.67 |
49.00 |
52.70 |
4.19 |
| 2.53 |
Victoria |
862,346 |
452,083 |
410,263 |
1,140,405 |
598,414 |
541,991 |
278,059 |
146,331 |
131,728 |
32.25 |
22.37 |
32.11 |
2.83 |
| 8.95 |
Queensland |
234,110 |
136,044 |
98,066 |
393,718 |
223,779 |
169,939 |
159,608 |
87,735 |
71,873 |
68.18 |
64.48 |
73.28 |
5.34 |
| 3.14 |
South Australia |
286,211 |
153,008 |
133,203 |
220,431 |
166,801 |
153,630 |
34,220 |
13,793 |
20,427 |
11.96 |
9.01 |
15.33 |
1.14 |
| 3.93 |
Western Australia |
32,054 |
18,702 |
13,352 |
49,782 |
29,807 |
19,975 |
17,728 |
11,105 |
6,623 |
55.30 |
59.39 |
49.59 |
4.35 |
| 1.64 |
Tasmania |
115,705 |
61,162 |
54,543 |
146,667 |
77,560 |
69,107 |
30,942 |
16,398 |
14,564 |
26.76 |
26.81 |
26.71 |
2.40 |
| 6.58 |
New Zealand |
534,030 |
293,973 |
240,057 |
668,651 |
355,738 |
312,912 |
134,621 |
61,765 |
72,856 |
24.31 |
21.01 |
30.34 |
2.27 |
| 3.82 |
TOTAL |
2,815,924 |
1,526,121 |
1,289,803 |
3,851,888 |
2,064,661 |
1,787,227 |
1,035,964 |
538,540 |
497,424 |
36.79 |
35.29 |
28.56 |
3.18 |
| Chinese only, including half-castes. |
|
New South Wales |
10,205 |
10,141 |
64 |
14,166 |
13,565 |
601 |
3,961 |
3,424 |
537 |
38.80 |
33.76 |
839.0 |
|
|
Victoria |
12,128 |
11,869 |
259 |
9,377 |
8,772 |
605 |
-2,751 |
-3,097 |
346 |
-22.68 |
-26.09 |
133.6 |
|
|
Queensland |
11,229 |
11,206 |
23 |
8,574 |
8,527 |
47 |
-2,655 |
-2,679 |
24 |
-23.64 |
-23.91 |
104.3 |
|
|
South Australia |
4,151 |
4,146 |
5 |
3,392 |
3,392 |
|
-759 |
-754 |
-5 |
-18.29 |
-18.18 |
-100.0 |
|
|
Western Australia |
145 |
145 |
|
917 |
912 |
5 |
772 |
767 |
5 |
532.4 |
529.0 |
|
|
|
Tasmania |
844 |
842 |
2 |
1,056 |
993 |
63 |
212 |
151 |
61 |
25.12 |
17.94 |
305.0 |
|
|
New Zealand |
5,004 |
4,995 |
9 |
4,444 |
4,426 |
18 |
-560 |
-569 |
9 |
-11.19 |
-11.39 |
100.0 |
|
|
TOTAL |
43,706 |
43,344 |
362 |
41,926 |
40,587 |
1,339 |
-1,780 |
-2,757 |
977 |
-4.07 |
-6.36 |
269.9 |
-0.42 |
| Enumerate Aborigines only, including half-castes. |
|
New South Wales |
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|
b
|
b
|
8,280 |
4,559 |
3,721 |
b
|
b
|
b
|
|
|
|
|
|
Victoria |
780 |
460 |
320 |
565 |
325 |
240 |
-215 |
-135 |
-80 |
-27.69 |
-29.30 |
-25.00 |
-3.28 |
|
Queensland |
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c9866 |
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|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
|
|
|
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|
South Australia |
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Australia |
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
b
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tasmania |
b
|
b
|
b
|
139 |
73 |
66 |
b
|
b
|
b
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Zealand |
44,097 |
24,368 |
19,729 |
41,993 |
22,861 |
19,132 |
-2,104 |
-1,507 |
-597 |
-4.77 |
-6.18 |
-3.03 |
-0.49 |
|
TOTAL |
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