Summary of Mining Districts., TABLE XXVIII.—Showing the Population and Houses on the Goldfields in the different Mining Districts, and the Increase and Decrease of the Total during the interval between the Censuses of 1861 and 1871.
| Mining Districts. |
Population (inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines). |
Population (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines). |
Chinese. |
Aborigines. |
Habitations. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total Number of all Descriptions. |
Houses. |
Inhabited Stores, Offices, and Public Buildings. |
Tents, and Dwellings with Canvas Roofs. |
Materials. |
| Occupied. |
Unoccupied. |
Building. |
Brick or Stone. |
Wood, Iron, or Lath and Plaster. |
Slabs, Bark, Mud, &c. |
Canvas, Linen, Calico, &c. |
Not stated. |
| Ararat |
19,546 |
11,546 |
8,000 |
17,875 |
9,878 |
7,997 |
1,660 |
|
8 |
3 |
4,887 |
4,586 |
114 |
19 |
14 |
154 |
234 |
2,942 |
1,481 |
154 |
76 |
| Ballarat |
94,618 |
51,329 |
43,289 |
90,727 |
47,450 |
43,277 |
3,873 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
22,443 |
20,519 |
1,743 |
42 |
22 |
117 |
1,310 |
18,945 |
1,773 |
117 |
298 |
| Beechworth |
27,061 |
16,773 |
10,288 |
23,425 |
13,139 |
10,286 |
3,633 |
2 |
1 |
|
6,753 |
6,504 |
171 |
17 |
13 |
48 |
374 |
4,269 |
1,973 |
48 |
89 |
| Castlemaine |
38,385 |
22,093 |
16,292 |
35,717 |
19,425 |
16,292 |
2,667 |
|
1 |
|
10,177 |
9,262 |
448 |
20 |
26 |
421 |
2,122 |
5,848 |
1,681 |
421 |
105 |
| Gippsland |
5,557 |
4,033 |
1,524 |
4,639 |
3,116 |
1,523 |
917 |
|
|
1 |
1,674 |
1,560 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
95 |
4 |
926 |
593 |
95 |
56 |
| Maryborough |
35,892 |
21,519 |
14,373 |
34,008 |
19,635 |
14,373 |
1,882 |
|
2 |
|
10,073 |
8,808 |
260 |
27 |
24 |
954 |
888 |
5,870 |
2,257 |
954 |
104 |
| Sandhurst |
49,369 |
27,976 |
21,393 |
47,818 |
26,428 |
21,390 |
1,545 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
12,016 |
11,253 |
214 |
64 |
22 |
463 |
1,967 |
7,135 |
2,371 |
463 |
80 |
| Total, 1871 |
270,428 |
155,269 |
115,159 |
254,209 |
139,071 |
115,138 |
16,177 |
11 |
21 |
10 |
68,023 |
62,492 |
2,964 |
192 |
123 |
2,252 |
6,899 |
45,935 |
12,129 |
2,252 |
808 |
| Total, 1861 |
228,181 |
154,692 |
73,489 |
203,966 |
130,535 |
73,431 |
24,062 |
6 |
95 |
52 |
68,420 |
30,410 |
591 |
27 |
223 |
37,169 |
2,550 |
21,060 |
6,128 |
37,169 |
1,513 |
| Increase or Decrease |
42,247 |
577 |
41,670 |
50,243 |
8,536 |
41,707 |
-7,885 |
5 |
-74 |
-42 |
-397 |
32,082 |
2,373 |
165 |
-100 |
-34,917 |
4,349 |
24,875 |
6,001 |
-34,917 |
-705 |
| Increase or Decrease per cent. |
18.51 |
0.37 |
56.70 |
24.63 |
6.54 |
56.80 |
-32.77 |
83.33 |
-77.89 |
-80.77 |
-0.58 |
105.49 |
401.52 |
611.11 |
-44.84 |
-93.94 |
170.55 |
118.11 |
97.92 |
-93.94 |
-46.60 |