COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF INHABITANTS AND DWELLINGS FROM 1836—1871 INCLUSIVE., TABLE II.—Statement of the Population of Victoria at the period of each Enumeration from 1836—1871, and of the Houses at such of those periods as their number was ascertained.
Date of Enumeration. Population. Number of Houses.
Males. Females. Total. Inhabited. Uninhabited. Building. Total.
1. 25th May 1836 142 35 177
2. 8th November 1836 186 38 224
3. 12th September 1838 3,080 431 3,511
4. 2nd March 1841 8,274 3,464 11,738 1,465 25 1,490
5. 2nd March 1846 20,184 12,695 32,879 5,070 128 5,198
6. 2nd March 1851 46,202 31,143 77,345 10,866 69 10,935
7. 26th April 1854 155,895 80,903 236,798
8. 29th March 1857 264,334 146,432 410,766 96,662 4,724 615 102,001
9. 7th April 1861 328,651 211,671 540,322 129,196 5,017 119 134,332
10. 2nd April 1871 400,252 329,402 729,654 150,353 8,929 1,128 160,410