Density of Population, 1854-1871., TABLE XII.—Showing the Area of each County and Unsettled District, and the Number of Persons to the Square Mile in each, at the last Four Censuses.
Counties and Unsettled Districts. Area in Square Miles. Persons to a Square Mile.
1854. 1857. 1861. 1871.
Counties.
Anglesey 1,707 0.347 0.526 1.025 3.217
Bourke 1,735 58.263 76.954 96.107 136.471
Dalhousie 1,314 4.728 7.759 15.603 20.145
Dundas 2,140 0.629 1.178 1.677 3.219
Evelyn 1,216 0.999 2.143 2.975 4.932
Follett 1,108 0.344 0.516 0.628 1.119
Grant 1,852 17.759 34.356 35.377 39.864
Grenville 1,477 5.825 12.548 20.416 41.244
Hampden 1,580 0.569 1.227 2.066 4.539
Heytesbury 922 0.381 0.616 1.051 3.318
Mornington 1,700 0.807 1.562 2.569 4.351
Normanby 2,013 1.948 3.002 3.987 5.340
Polwarth 1,185 0.828 1.405 1.832 3.238
Ripon 1,771 0.717 3.863 5.647 7.911
Talbot* 1,194 13.605 40.643 54.881 63.211
Villiers 1,641 3.654 6.821 8.466 12.816
Unsettled Districts.*
Gippsland 14,479 0.135 0.270 0.442 1.264
The Loddon 6,713 4.041 8.193 9.678 10.844
The Murray 13,347 0.479 1.833 2.392 3.457
Rodney 1,709 0.911 1.135 1.919 4.324
The Wimmera 27,395 0.098 0.204 1.010 0.860
Total (exclusive of Shipping) 88,198 2.685 4.658 6.127 8.295