Population and Dwellings, 1836-1871., TABLE IV.—Showing the Population of Victoria at the period of each Enumeration from 1836 to 1871, and the Habitations at such of those periods as their number was ascertained.
Date of Enumeration.	Population.			Dwellings.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Total Number.	Number.
					Occupied.	Unoccupied.	Building.	Constructed of—
					Occupied.	Unoccupied.	Building.	Brick or Stone.	Wood, Iron, &c.	Canvas, Bark, Mud, &c.	Unspecified Materials.
25th May 1836	177	142	35
8th November 1836	224	186	38
12th September 1838	3,511	3,080	431
2nd March 1841	11,738	8,274	3,464	1,490	1,465	25		450	1,040
2nd March 1846	32,879	20,184	12,695	5,198	5,070	128		1,835	3,363
2nd March 1851	77,345	46,202	31,143	10,935	10,866	69		4,835	6,100
26th April 1854	236,798	155,887	80,911
29th March 1857	410,766	264,334	146,432	102,001	96,662	4,724	615	12,612	42,594	45,161	1,634
7th April 1861	540,322	328,651	211,671	134,332	129,196	5,017	119	18,990	59,346	52,030	3,966
2nd April 1871	731,528	401,050	330,478	158,481	150,618	6,997	866	33,461	101,635	16,499	4,656