SUMMARY BY SHIRES AND ROAD DISTRICTS., TABLE VIII.—Summary of the Population and of the Number of Dwellings in each Shire and Road District according to the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871.
| Shires and Road 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. |
|
Shires.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alberton |
1,648 |
1,084 |
2,732 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
594 |
120 |
8 |
722 |
| Alexandra |
2,099 |
1,278 |
3,377 |
56 |
|
56 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
890 |
104 |
8 |
1,002 |
| Ararat |
3,875 |
2,682 |
6,557 |
102 |
1 |
103 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
1,347 |
78 |
12 |
1,437 |
| Avoca |
4,482 |
2,524 |
7,006 |
1,217 |
6 |
1,223 |
|
|
|
1,906 |
101 |
5 |
2,012 |
| Avon |
2,010 |
1,529 |
3,539 |
30 |
|
30 |
43 |
34 |
77 |
644 |
32 |
3 |
679 |
| Bacchus Marsh |
1,364 |
1,140 |
2,504 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
442 |
35 |
4 |
481 |
| Bairnsdale |
2,959 |
1,469 |
4,428 |
611 |
|
611 |
42 |
38 |
80 |
1,038 |
55 |
8 |
1,101 |
| Ballan |
4,385 |
3,223 |
7,608 |
416 |
|
426 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1,668 |
215 |
16 |
1,899 |
| Ballarat |
3,777 |
3,039 |
6,816 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
1,173 |
128 |
7 |
1,308 |
| Bannockburn |
1,450 |
1,302 |
2,752 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
463 |
42 |
1 |
506 |
| Barrabool |
1,777 |
1,530 |
3,307 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
567 |
65 |
3 |
635 |
| Beechworth |
3,857 |
2,365 |
6,222 |
891 |
|
891 |
|
|
|
1,440 |
31 |
10 |
1,481 |
| Belfast |
1,856 |
1,548 |
3,404 |
2 |
|
2 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
574 |
19 |
14 |
607 |
| Bellarine |
2,001 |
1,806 |
3,807 |
15 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
704 |
44 |
5 |
753 |
| Benalla |
2,472 |
1,694 |
4,166 |
12 |
|
12 |
2 |
|
2 |
759 |
29 |
8 |
796 |
| Berwick |
1,142 |
893 |
2,035 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
374 |
10 |
1 |
385 |
| Bet-Bet |
2,988 |
1,804 |
4,792 |
302 |
|
302 |
|
|
|
1,396 |
76 |
8 |
1,480 |
| Braybrook |
648 |
511 |
1,159 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
236 |
10 |
3 |
249 |
| Bright |
3,318 |
1,570 |
4,888 |
1,256 |
1 |
1,257 |
|
|
|
1,267 |
55 |
12 |
1,334 |
| Broadmeadows |
1,276 |
957 |
2,233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
404 |
12 |
1 |
417 |
| Bulla |
1,516 |
747 |
2,263 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
266 |
4 |
|
270 |
| Bungaree |
3,566 |
2,398 |
5,964 |
392 |
|
392 |
|
|
|
1,369 |
111 |
3 |
1,483 |
| Buninyong |
8,318 |
6,385 |
14,703 |
577 |
1 |
578 |
|
|
|
3,049 |
114 |
13 |
3,176 |
| Caulfield |
581 |
647 |
1,228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
205 |
13 |
|
218 |
| Colac |
2,437 |
1,865 |
4,302 |
3 |
|
3 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
779 |
53 |
8 |
840 |
| Corio |
1,383 |
1,226 |
2,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
438 |
26 |
1 |
465 |
| Cranbourne |
815 |
697 |
1,512 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
264 |
5 |
2 |
271 |
| Creswick |
4,070 |
2,660 |
6,730 |
236 |
|
236 |
1 |
|
1 |
1,319 |
47 |
6 |
1,372 |
| Darebin |
2,853 |
2,499 |
5,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
966 |
29 |
4 |
999 |
| Dundas |
2,415 |
2,015 |
4,430 |
9 |
|
9 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
736 |
57 |
5 |
798 |
| Echuea |
1,042 |
533 |
1,575 |
10 |
|
10 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
276 |
13 |
2 |
291 |
| Eltham |
1,485 |
1,091 |
2,576 |
93 |
|
93 |
56 |
49 |
105 |
630 |
16 |
|
646 |
| Gardiner |
676 |
672 |
1,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
205 |
13 |
|
218 |
| Gisborne |
1,795 |
1,501 |
3,296 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
636 |
50 |
5 |
691 |
| Glenelg |
2,360 |
1,877 |
4,237 |
1 |
|
1 |
7 |
4 |
11 |
774 |
49 |
7 |
830 |
| Glenlyon |
2,135 |
1,539 |
3,674 |
40 |
|
40 |
|
|
|
755 |
15 |
4 |
774 |
| Goulburn Valley |
924 |
592 |
1,516 |
6 |
|
6 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
265 |
|
|
265 |
| Grenville |
5,326 |
3,584 |
8,910 |
565 |
|
565 |
|
|
|
2,015 |
124 |
8 |
2,147 |
| Hampden |
2,963 |
2,309 |
5,272 |
12 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
910 |
13 |
3 |
926 |
| Heidelberg |
1,361 |
1,131 |
2,492 |
23 |
|
23 |
|
|
|
274 |
18 |
1 |
293 |
| Huntly |
2,166 |
1,424 |
3,590 |
128 |
|
128 |
|
|
|
778 |
21 |
9 |
808 |
| Korong |
3,375 |
1,617 |
4,992 |
362 |
|
362 |
10 |
5 |
15 |
1,708 |
137 |
4 |
1,849 |
| Kyneton |
5,041 |
4,211 |
9,252 |
67 |
|
67 |
|
|
|
1,732 |
47 |
4 |
1,783 |
| Leigh |
2,431 |
1,967 |
4,398 |
40 |
|
40 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
901 |
54 |
6 |
961 |
| Lexton |
1,594 |
1,118 |
2,712 |
66 |
|
66 |
|
1 |
1 |
573 |
41 |
4 |
618 |
| Maldon |
3,641 |
2,771 |
6,412 |
264 |
|
264 |
2 |
|
2 |
1,541 |
139 |
4 |
1,684 |
| Mansfield |
1,507 |
836 |
2,343 |
146 |
|
146 |
1 |
|
1 |
484 |
16 |
3 |
503 |
| Marong |
4,985 |
3,175 |
8,160 |
202 |
|
202 |
|
|
|
1,986 |
39 |
20 |
2,045 |
| Melton |
662 |
561 |
1,223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
213 |
12 |
|
225 |
| Metcalfe |
2,683 |
2,113 |
4,796 |
119 |
|
119 |
|
|
|
1,026 |
61 |
10 |
1,097 |
| Minhamite |
761 |
611 |
1,372 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
252 |
14 |
6 |
272 |
| Mortlake |
1,406 |
1,120 |
2,526 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
440 |
16 |
4 |
460 |
| Moorabbin |
1,622 |
1,408 |
3,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
579 |
22 |
3 |
604 |
| McIvor |
1,956 |
1,266 |
3,222 |
35 |
|
35 |
2 |
|
2 |
789 |
44 |
3 |
836 |
| Mount Franklin |
3,359 |
2,055 |
5,414 |
481 |
|
481 |
|
|
|
1,434 |
60 |
6 |
1,500 |
| Mount Rouse |
1,384 |
951 |
2,335 |
|
|
|
10 |
5 |
15 |
449 |
20 |
3 |
472 |
| Newham |
905 |
697 |
1,602 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
291 |
8 |
|
299 |
| Newstead |
1,957 |
1,303 |
3,260 |
126 |
|
126 |
|
|
|
777 |
69 |
3 |
849 |
| North Ovens |
1,529 |
1,150 |
2,679 |
20 |
|
20 |
8 |
5 |
13 |
555 |
30 |
3 |
588 |
| Oxley |
1,471 |
947 |
2,418 |
3 |
|
3 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
439 |
3 |
10 |
452 |
| Portland |
2,442 |
2,095 |
4,537 |
|
|
|
9 |
8 |
17 |
756 |
47 |
6 |
809 |
| Ripon |
3,724 |
2,492 |
6,216 |
346 |
|
346 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
1,455 |
78 |
3 |
1,536 |
| Rosedale |
1,230 |
921 |
2,151 |
9 |
|
9 |
2 |
|
2 |
378 |
21 |
1 |
400 |
| Seymour |
1,576 |
981 |
2,557 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
511 |
11 |
4 |
526 |
| Springfield |
658 |
564 |
1,222 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
4 |
211 |
15 |
1 |
227 |
| St. Arnaud |
1,887 |
1,057 |
2,944 |
93 |
|
93 |
52 |
28 |
80 |
699 |
27 |
|
726 |
| Stawell |
1,555 |
927 |
2,482 |
208 |
|
208 |
|
|
|
621 |
52 |
3 |
676 |
| Strathfieldsaye |
2,681 |
1,791 |
4,472 |
95 |
|
95 |
|
|
|
1,007 |
33 |
2 |
1,042 |
| Talbot |
3,076 |
2,199 |
5,275 |
12 |
|
12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1,213 |
66 |
2 |
1,281 |
| Tularoop |
4,127 |
2,463 |
6,590 |
534 |
|
534 |
|
|
|
1,769 |
64 |
16 |
1,849 |
| Waranga |
2,773 |
1,656 |
4,429 |
124 |
|
124 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
1,083 |
45 |
7 |
1,135 |
| Warrnambool |
4,985 |
3,973 |
8,958 |
8 |
|
8 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1,540 |
38 |
6 |
1,584 |
| Wimmera |
1,315 |
670 |
1,985 |
14 |
|
14 |
39 |
29 |
68 |
322 |
7 |
1 |
330 |
| Winchelsea |
829 |
693 |
1,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
252 |
23 |
3 |
278 |
| Wyndham |
829 |
578 |
1,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
243 |
24 |
2 |
269 |
| Yackandandah |
3,110 |
2,212 |
5,322 |
376 |
|
376 |
|
|
|
1,122 |
28 |
6 |
1,156 |