NUMBERS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEOPLE., INCREASE OF POPULATION—(BOTH SEXES)., TABLE I.—Showing the Total Number of Inhabitants in each County and District, as returned at the Censuses of 1851, 1854, 1857, and 1861, with the absolute and proportionate Increase or Diminution of the Population of each County in each period., (In the instances in which a diminution has taken place, the minus sign, thus (-) is placed before the decrease and per centage of decrease.
| COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. |
Persons. 1851. |
Increase or Diminution from 1851 to 1854. |
Persons. 1854. |
Increase or Diminution from 1854 to 1857. |
Persons. 1857. |
Increase or Diminution from 1857 to 1861. |
Persons. 1861. |
| Numerical. |
Rate per cent. |
Numerical. |
Rate per cent. |
Numerical. |
Rate per cent. |
| Anglesey |
767 |
- 174 |
- 22.7 |
593 |
305 |
51.4 |
893 |
851 |
94.7 |
1,748 |
| Bourke |
39,962 |
61,124 |
153.0 |
101,086 |
32,429 |
32.1 |
133,515 |
33,231 |
24.9 |
166,746 |
| Dalhousie |
3,045 |
3,167 |
103.9 |
6,212 |
3,983 |
64.1 |
10,195 |
10,307 |
101.1 |
20,502 |
| Dundas |
1,466 |
- 121 |
- 8.2 |
1,345 |
1,175 |
87.3 |
2,520 |
1,068 |
42.4 |
3,588 |
| Evelyn |
644 |
571 |
88.6 |
1,215 |
1,391 |
114.4 |
2,606 |
1,011 |
38.8 |
3,617 |
| Follett |
291 |
90 |
30.9 |
381 |
191 |
50.1 |
572 |
124 |
21.6 |
696 |
| Grant |
12,784 |
20,105 |
157.2 |
32,889 |
30,739 |
93.5 |
63,628 |
1,891 |
3.0 |
65,519 |
| Grenville |
400 |
8,204 |
2051.0 |
8,604 |
9,930 |
115.4 |
18,534 |
11,620 |
62.7 |
30,154 |
| Hampden |
971 |
- 72 |
- 7.4 |
899 |
1,039 |
115.5 |
1,938 |
1,327 |
68.5 |
3,265 |
| Heytesbury |
343 |
8 |
2.3 |
351 |
217 |
61.8 |
568 |
401 |
70.6 |
969 |
| Mornington |
885 |
487 |
54.9 |
1,372 |
1,284 |
93.5 |
2,656 |
1,712 |
64.8 |
4,368 |
| Normanby |
2,125 |
1,796 |
84.5 |
3,921 |
2,122 |
54.1 |
6,043 |
1,983 |
32.8 |
8,026 |
| Polwarth |
1,199 |
- 218 |
- 18.2 |
981 |
684 |
69.7 |
1,665 |
506 |
30.4 |
2,171 |
| Ripon |
814 |
455 |
55.9 |
1,269 |
5,573 |
439.2 |
6,842 |
3,158 |
46.1 |
10,000 |
| Talbot |
1,163 |
15,081 |
1296.7 |
16,244 |
32,234 |
198.7 |
48,528 |
17,000 |
35.0 |
65,528 |
| Villiers |
3,987 |
2,009 |
50.4 |
5,996 |
5,197 |
86.6 |
11,193 |
2,699 |
24.1 |
13,892 |
| Gipps Land |
1,789 |
167 |
9.3 |
1,956 |
1,955 |
100.0 |
3,911 |
2,487 |
63.6 |
6,398 |
| The Loddon |
194 |
28,489 |
14685.0 |
27,126 |
27,872 |
102.7 |
54,998 |
9,971 |
18.1 |
64,969 |
| Rodney |
|
|
|
1,557 |
383 |
24.6 |
1,940 |
1,340 |
69.1 |
3,280 |
| The Murray |
2,497 |
3,895 |
156.0 |
6,392 |
18,078 |
28.3 |
24,470 |
7,461 |
30.5 |
31,931 |
| The Wimmera |
2,019 |
666 |
33.0 |
2,685 |
2,899 |
108.0 |
5,584 |
22,091 |
395.3 |
27,675 |
| Population in Ships, &c., and unenumerated |
|
|
|
13,724 |
- 5762 |
- 42.0 |
7,962 |
- 2683 |
- 33.7 |
5,279 |
| Total |
77,345 |
159,453 |
206.0 |
236,798 |
173,968 |
73.5 |
410,766 |
129,556 |
31.5 |
540,322 |