SUMMARY BY ELECTORAL DISTRICTS., TABLE VI.—Summary of the Population and of the Number of Houses in each Electoral District according to the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871.
| Electoral Districts. |
Total Population (including Chinese and Aborigines). |
Chinese. |
Aborigines. |
Number of Dwellings. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Inhabited. |
Uninhabited. |
Building. |
Total. |
| Ararat |
3,443 |
2,612 |
6,055 |
240 |
1 |
241 |
|
|
|
1,263 |
42 |
5 |
1,310 |
| Avoca |
10,294 |
6,482 |
16,776 |
1,023 |
|
1,023 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
4,776 |
263 |
22 |
5,061 |
| Ballarat East |
12,839 |
10,899 |
23,738 |
922 |
7 |
929 |
|
|
|
5,116 |
609 |
25 |
5,750 |
| Ballarat West |
22,056 |
20,335 |
42,391 |
609 |
|
609 |
|
|
|
8,776 |
1,026 |
15 |
9,817 |
| Belfast |
1,206 |
1,278 |
2,484 |
|
|
|
4 |
2 |
6 |
408 |
39 |
4 |
451 |
| East Bourke |
5,493 |
4,452 |
9,945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,810 |
67 |
4 |
1,881 |
| East Bourke Boroughs |
4,829 |
3,878 |
8,707 |
35 |
|
35 |
|
|
|
1,392 |
63 |
22 |
1,477 |
| South Bourke |
7,848 |
7,565 |
15,413 |
5 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
1 |
2,802 |
156 |
18 |
2,976 |
| West Bourke |
13,440 |
10,392 |
23,832 |
287 |
|
287 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
4,381 |
269 |
29 |
4,679 |
| Brighton |
2,460 |
2,443 |
4,903 |
5 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
938 |
72 |
2 |
1,012 |
| Castlemaine |
10,777 |
8,164 |
18,941 |
1,441 |
3 |
1,444 |
|
|
|
4,883 |
278 |
17 |
5,178 |
| Collingwood |
16,562 |
17,546 |
34,108 |
36 |
|
36 |
|
|
|
7,047 |
413 |
156 |
7,616 |
| Creswick |
26,909 |
19,428 |
46,337 |
1,980 |
1 |
1,981 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10,468 |
496 |
30 |
10,994 |
| Crowlands |
11,188 |
7,190 |
18,378 |
1,297 |
6 |
1,303 |
75 |
44 |
119 |
4,398 |
220 |
20 |
4,638 |
| Dalhousie |
9,751 |
6,816 |
16,567 |
157 |
|
157 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
3,475 |
156 |
18 |
3,649 |
| Dundas |
4,386 |
3,702 |
8,088 |
9 |
|
9 |
18 |
13 |
31 |
1,397 |
79 |
6 |
1,482 |
| Emerald Hill |
8,669 |
8,885 |
17,554 |
47 |
4 |
51 |
1 |
|
1 |
3,300 |
166 |
53 |
3,519 |
| Evelyn |
3,496 |
2,446 |
5,942 |
167 |
|
167 |
56 |
49 |
105 |
1,309 |
34 |
3 |
1,346 |
| Geelong East |
5,772 |
6,389 |
12,161 |
22 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
2,236 |
169 |
19 |
2,424 |
| Geelong West |
4,915 |
5,584 |
10,499 |
6 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
2,076 |
191 |
5 |
2,272 |
| North Gippsland |
9,584 |
6,182 |
15,766 |
859 |
|
859 |
91 |
73 |
164 |
3,504 |
163 |
20 |
3,645 |
| South Gippsland |
1,462 |
1,023 |
2,485 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
528 |
109 |
8 |
687 |
| South Grant |
11,663 |
10,001 |
21,664 |
175 |
|
175 |
|
|
|
3,930 |
315 |
23 |
4,268 |
| Grenville |
12,250 |
9,107 |
21,357 |
1,074 |
|
1,074 |
|
|
|
4,765 |
232 |
19 |
5,016 |
| Kilmore |
1,501 |
1,358 |
2,859 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
588 |
28 |
1 |
617 |
| Kyneton Boroughs |
3,652 |
3,313 |
6,965 |
20 |
|
20 |
|
|
|
1,284 |
47 |
4 |
1,335 |
| Maldon |
5,282 |
3,990 |
9,272 |
491 |
|
491 |
|
|
|
2,254 |
205 |
7 |
2,466 |
| Mandurang |
15,035 |
10,491 |
25,526 |
630 |
|
630 |
24 |
11 |
35 |
5,784 |
148 |
44 |
5,976 |
| Maryborough |
6,047 |
4,052 |
10,099 |
482 |
|
482 |
2 |
|
2 |
2,414 |
80 |
22 |
2,516 |
| East Melbourne |
7,381 |
6,168 |
13,549 |
379 |
17 |
396 |
|
|
|
2,478 |
268 |
12 |
2,758 |
| North Melbourne |
16,694 |
17,265 |
33,959 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
6,772 |
289 |
111 |
7,172 |
| West Melbourne |
8,268 |
6,979 |
15,247 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
2,659 |
155 |
38 |
2,852 |
| Mornington |
4,133 |
3,263 |
7,396 |
17 |
|
17 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1,463 |
64 |
7 |
1,534 |
| Murray |
14,387 |
8,840 |
23,227 |
1,085 |
|
1,085 |
20 |
16 |
36 |
4,821 |
321 |
32 |
5,174 |
| Murray Boroughs |
2,667 |
2,284 |
4,951 |
25 |
|
25 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
987 |
34 |
6 |
1,027 |
| Normanby |
4,451 |
3,838 |
8,289 |
1 |
|
1 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
1,443 |
100 |
20 |
1,563 |
| Ovens |
11,400 |
6,989 |
18,389 |
2,792 |
1 |
2,793 |
|
|
|
4,300 |
128 |
29 |
4,457 |
| Polwarth and South Grenville |
3,779 |
2,994 |
6,773 |
3 |
|
3 |
13 |
7 |
20 |
1,238 |
85 |
14 |
1,337 |
| Portland |
1,106 |
1,258 |
2,364 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
440 |
68 |
1 |
509 |
| Richmond |
9,908 |
10,427 |
20,335 |
95 |
1 |
96 |
|
|
|
3,981 |
219 |
51 |
4,251 |
| Ripon and Hampden |
9,806 |
7,026 |
16,832 |
367 |
1 |
368 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
3,234 |
179 |
21 |
3,434 |
| Rodney |
7,359 |
4,952 |
12,311 |
305 |
|
305 |
15 |
5 |
20 |
3,127 |
216 |
13 |
3,356 |
| Sandhurst |
11,399 |
9,717 |
21,116 |
634 |
|
634 |
|
|
|
4,513 |
77 |
32 |
4,622 |
| Sandridge |
3,116 |
2,887 |
6,003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,273 |
76 |
9 |
1,358 |
| St. Kilda |
11,965 |
13,860 |
25,825 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
4,673 |
318 |
63 |
5,054 |
| Villiers and Heytesbury |
9,821 |
7,849 |
17,670 |
13 |
|
13 |
13 |
6 |
19 |
3,075 |
79 |
27 |
3,181 |
| Warrnambool |
1,952 |
1,838 |
3,790 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
658 |
9 |
11 |
678 |
| Williamstown |
3,525 |
3,609 |
7,134 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
1,399 |
95 |
9 |
1,503 |
| Wimmera |
2,121 |
1,274 |
3,395 |
9 |
|
9 |
125 |
79 |
204 |
497 |
13 |
1 |
511 |
| Shipping, &c. |
2,205 |
82 |
2,287 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
20 |
1 |
|
21 |
| Total |
400,252 |
329,402 |
729,654 |
17,770 |
43 |
17,813 |
516 |
343 |
859 |
150,353 |
8,929 |
1,128 |
160,410 |