TOWNS IN WHICH POPULATION DIMINISHED BETWEEN 1871 AND 1881.
| Name of Town. |
Population.* |
Decrease. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
| Ballarat |
24,308 |
22,411 |
1,897 |
| Ballarat East |
16,397 |
14,849 |
1,548 |
| Beechworth |
2,866 |
2,399 |
467 |
| Belfast |
2,485 |
1,757 |
728 |
| Browns and Scarsdale |
2,121 |
1,085 |
1,036 |
| Buninyong |
1,981 |
1,416 |
565 |
| Castlemaine |
6,935 |
5,787 |
1,148 |
| Chewton |
2,387 |
1,688 |
699 |
| Clunes |
6,068 |
5,811 |
257 |
| Creswick |
3,969 |
3,731 |
238 |
| Daylesford |
4,696 |
3,892 |
804 |
| Dunolly |
1,553 |
1,502 |
51 |
| Geelong † |
15,026 |
14,566 |
460 |
| Graytown |
1,422 |
161 |
1,261 |
| Guildford |
1,156 |
765 |
391 |
| Heathcote |
1,554 |
1,203 |
351 |
| Jamieson |
389 |
328 |
61 |
| Kilmore |
1,555 |
1,092 |
463 |
| Koroit |
1,672 |
1,644 |
28 |
| Majorea |
1,734 |
994 |
740 |
| Malmsbury |
1,357 |
1,329 |
28 |
| Newtown and Chilwell |
4,749 |
4,642 |
107 |
| Portland |
2,372 |
2,265 |
107 |
| Raywood |
528 |
426 |
102 |
| Rutherglen |
616 |
484 |
132 |
| Sebastopol |
6,496 |
2,498 |
3,998 |
| Smythesdale |
1,003 |
685 |
318 |
| South Barwon |
1,684 |
1,474 |
210 |
| Steiglitz |
1,058 |
275 |
783 |
| Talbot |
2,878 |
2,318 |
560 |
| Tarnagulla |
1,359 |
886 |
473 |
| Wangaratta |
1,469 |
1,331 |
138 |
| Woodend |
1,452 |
1,148 |
304 |
| Wood's Point |
1,059 |
562 |
497 |
| Total |
128,354 |
107,404 |
20,950 |