INCREASE OF POPULATION., TABLE XII.—Showing the Increase or Decrease of the Male and Female Inhabitants (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) of the Corporate Towns and Municipal Districts formed previous to the Census of 1857., In the instances in which a diminution has taken place the minus sign, thus ( - ) is placed before the decrease and per centage of decrease.
| CORPORATE TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES. |
MALES, exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. |
FEMALES, exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. |
Increase or Decrease. |
Proportion of the Sexes. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Number of Females for every 100 Males. |
| 1861. |
1857. |
1861. |
1857. |
Numerical. |
Per Cent. |
Numerical. |
Per Cent. |
1861. |
1857 |
| SEAPORT. |
(1.) |
(2.) |
(3.) |
(4.) |
(5.) |
(6.) |
(7.) |
(8.) |
(9.) |
(10.) |
| Melbourne (within the Corporate limits of 1857) |
30,935 |
29,104 |
27,801 |
23,365 |
1,831 |
6.3 |
4,436 |
18.9 |
90 |
80 |
| East Collingwood |
6,240 |
5,424 |
6,413 |
5,362 |
816 |
15.0 |
1,051 |
19.6 |
103 |
99 |
| Richmond |
5,590 |
4,484 |
5,765 |
4,545 |
1,106 |
24.7 |
1,220 |
26.8 |
103 |
101 |
| Prahran |
4,725 |
4,038 |
5,161 |
4,127 |
687 |
17.0 |
1,034 |
25.0 |
109 |
102 |
| St. Kilda |
2,946 |
2,249 |
3,462 |
2,521 |
697 |
30.9 |
941 |
37.3 |
118 |
112 |
| Emerald Hill |
4,432 |
3,365 |
4,353 |
3,036 |
1,067 |
31.6 |
1,322 |
43.5 |
98 |
90 |
| Williamstown |
2,230 |
1,929 |
2,262 |
1,613 |
301 |
15.6 |
649 |
40.2 |
101 |
84 |
| Geelong (within Corporate limits of 1857) |
11,125 |
11,696 |
11,834 |
11,622 |
- 571 |
- 4.9 |
212 |
1.8 |
106 |
99 |
| Warrnambool |
1,146 |
807 |
1,065 |
787 |
339 |
42.0 |
278 |
35.3 |
93 |
97 |
| Belfast |
1,121 |
1,038 |
1,221 |
1,106 |
33 |
3.0 |
115 |
10.4 |
109 |
102 |
| Portland |
1,344 |
1,285 |
1,460 |
1,421 |
59 |
4.6 |
39 |
2.7 |
109 |
111 |
| Total of Seaport Towns |
71,834 |
65,469 |
70,802 |
59,505 |
6,365 |
9.7 |
11,297 |
18.9 |
99 |
92 |
| INLAND. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kilmore |
898 |
712 |
770 |
546 |
186 |
26.1 |
224 |
41.0 |
86 |
77 |
| Ballaarat West |
5,082 |
3,218 |
4,123 |
1,761 |
1,864 |
59.6 |
2,362 |
134.1 |
81 |
55 |
| Castlemaine |
4,910 |
4,117 |
3,643 |
2,416 |
793 |
19.2 |
1,227 |
50.7 |
74 |
59 |
| Sandhurst |
6,866 |
6,909 |
5,115 |
3,338 |
- 43 |
- 0.6 |
1,777 |
53.2 |
74 |
48 |
| Beechworth |
1,112 |
1,774 |
816 |
875 |
- 662 |
- 37.3 |
- 59 |
- 6.7 |
73 |
49 |
| SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE. |
| Melbourne (Corporate limits of 1861) |
19,765 |
19,533 |
16,760 |
14,391 |
232 |
1.2 |
2,369 |
16.4 |
85 |
74 |
| Fitzroy Municipality (formerly Fitzroy Ward) |
5,752 |
5,364 |
6,055 |
5,278 |
388 |
7.2 |
777 |
14.7 |
105 |
98 |
| Hotham Municipality (formerly Hotham Ward) |
3,616 |
3,075 |
3,437 |
2,941 |
541 |
17.5 |
496 |
16.9 |
95 |
96 |
| Sandridge Municipality (formerly Macarthur Ward) |
1,802 |
1,132 |
1,549 |
755 |
670 |
59.1 |
794 |
105.1 |
86 |
67 |
| Total |
30,935 |
29,104 |
27,801 |
23,365 |
1,831 |
6.3 |
4,436 |
19.0 |
90 |
80 |