TOWNS IN WHICH POPULATION INCREASED BETWEEN 1871 AND 1881.
| Name of Town. |
Population.* |
Increase. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
| Ararat |
2,370 |
2,740 |
370 |
| Brighton |
3,059 |
4,755 |
1,696 |
| Brunswick † |
4,388 |
6,598 |
2,210 |
| Carisbrook |
941 |
1,089 |
148 |
| Chiltern |
1,212 |
1,243 |
31 |
| Collingwood |
18,598 |
23,829 |
5,231 |
| Eaglehawk |
6,590 |
7,362 |
772 |
| Echuca |
1,649 |
4,789 |
3,140 |
| Emerald Hill ‡ |
17,101 |
24,525 |
7,424 |
| Essendon and Flemington |
2,456 |
5,061 |
2,605 |
| Fitzroy § |
15,547 |
22,742 |
7,195 |
| Footscray |
2,473 |
5,993 |
3,520 |
| Hamilton |
2,349 |
2,967 |
618 |
| Hawthorn |
3,329 |
6,019 |
2,690 |
| Hotham |
13,491 |
17,839 |
4,348 |
| Inglewood |
1,189 |
1,200 |
11 |
| Kew |
2,430 |
4,288 |
1,858 |
| Maryborough |
2,935 |
3,297 |
362 |
| Melbourne |
54,993 |
65,859 |
10,866 |
| Prahran |
14,096 |
21,168 |
7,072 |
| Queenscliff |
954 |
1,216 |
262 |
| Richmond |
16,889 |
23,405 |
6,576 |
| Sale |
2,105 |
3,073 |
968 |
| Sandhurst |
21,987 |
28,153 |
6,166 |
| Sandridge |
6,388 |
8,771 |
2,383 |
| St. Arnaud |
1,101 |
2,629 |
1,528 |
| Stawell |
5,166 |
7,348 |
2,182 |
| St. Kilda ‖ |
9,085 |
13,344 |
4,259 |
| Warrnambool |
3,799 |
4,839 |
1,040 |
| Williamstown |
7,126 |
9,034 |
1,908 |
| Total |
245,796 |
335,175 |
89,379 |