Population and Dwellings.—General Summary., TABLE III.—Showing the Inhabitants and Dwellings in Victoria according to the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871.
| Population. |
Dwellers in— |
Travellers and Persons Sleeping under Drays, and Camping out |
Persons in Ships and Hulks. |
Migratory Population (estimated). |
Total. |
| Brick, Stone, Wood, Iron, or Lath and Plaster Buildings. |
Slab, Bark, or Mud Huts. |
Tents and Dwellings with Canvas Roofs. |
Habitations of Unstated Materials. |
| Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines |
656,716 |
36,366 |
7,512 |
6,816 |
1,879 |
2,232 |
742 |
712,263 |
| Chinese |
6,644 |
9,621 |
1,148 |
459 |
43 |
20 |
|
17,935 |
| Aborigines |
|
|
|
591 |
739 |
|
|
1,330 |
| Total |
663,360 |
45,987 |
8,660 |
7,866 |
2,661 |
2,252 |
742 |
731,528 |