PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONSmdash(LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL). TABLE VII.—Showing the Population of each Electoral Province (inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) as returned in the Censuses of 1854, 1857, and 1861, with the absolute and proportionate increase, and the Number of persons to each Square Mile in 1861.
| ELECTORAL PROVINCES. |
Number of Square Miles in each Province. |
Total Population in 1854. |
Increase. |
Total Population in 1857. |
Increase. |
Total Population in 1861. |
Persons to each Square Mile in 1861. |
| Numerical. |
Per cent. |
Numerical. |
Per cent. |
|
(1.) |
(2.) |
(3.) |
(4.) |
(5.) |
(6.) |
(7.) |
(8.) |
(9.) |
| Central Province |
49 |
78,763 |
20,358 |
25.8 |
99,121 |
18,656 |
18.8 |
117,777 |
2403.61 |
| South Province |
4,311 |
24,910 |
14,746 |
59.2 |
39,656 |
17,298 |
43.6 |
56,954 |
13.21 |
| South-West Province |
4,446 |
42,474 |
41,353 |
97.3 |
83,827 |
14,017 |
16.8 |
97,844 |
22.00 |
| West Province |
11,025 |
14,162 |
15,514 |
109.6 |
29,676 |
10,760 |
36.3 |
40,436 |
3.67 |
| North-West Province |
35,580 |
52,267 |
67,112 |
128.4 |
119,379 |
59,295 |
49.6 |
178,674 |
5.02 |
| Eastern Province |
31,420 |
10,498 |
20,647 |
196.6 |
31,145 |
12,213 |
39.2 |
43,358 |
1.38 |
| Total of Provinces (exclusive of migratory population) |
86,831 |
223,074 |
179,730 |
80.5 |
402,804 |
132,239 |
32.8 |
535,043 |
6.16 |
| Population in Ships and unenumerated (computed) |
|
13,724 |
|
|
7,962 |
|
|
5,279 |
|
| Total of Victoria |
|
236,798 |
173,968 |
73.5 |
410,766 |
129,556 |
31.5 |
540,322 |
|