DENSITY OF POPULATION, 1854-1881., TABLE XII.—Showing the Area of each County and Unsettled District, and the Number of Persons to the Square Mile in each, at the last Five Censuses.
| Counties and Unsettled Districts. |
Area in Square Miles. |
Persons to a Square Mile. |
| 1854. |
1857. |
1861. |
1871. |
1881. |
| Total1 |
87,884 |
2.638 |
4.631 |
6.126 |
8.298 |
9.791 |
|
Counties.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anglesey |
1,647 |
0.360 |
0.545 |
1.062 |
3.335 |
3.737 |
| Bourke |
1,721 |
58.737 |
77.580 |
96.889 |
137.581 |
178.723 |
| Dalhousie |
1,310 |
4.742 |
7.782 |
15.650 |
20.207 |
16.317 |
| Dundas |
2,028 |
0.663 |
1.243 |
1.769 |
3.396 |
3.841 |
| Evelyn |
1,172 |
1.036 |
2.223 |
3.086 |
5.117 |
6.166 |
| Follett |
1,103 |
0.345 |
0.519 |
0.631 |
1.124 |
2.118 |
| Grant |
1,834 |
17.933 |
34.693 |
35.735 |
40.255 |
36.081 |
| Grenville |
1,465 |
5.873 |
12.651 |
20.583 |
41.582 |
30.142 |
| Hampden |
1,561 |
0.576 |
1.241 |
2.091 |
4.594 |
4.646 |
| Heytesbury |
920 |
0.382 |
0.617 |
1.053 |
3.325 |
5.083 |
| Mornington |
1,625 |
0.844 |
1.634 |
2.688 |
4.552 |
7.057 |
| Normanby |
2,013 |
1.948 |
3.002 |
3.987 |
5.340 |
5.774 |
| Polwarth |
1,225 |
0.801 |
1.359 |
1.772 |
3.132 |
4.514 |
| Ripon |
1,759 |
0.721 |
3.890 |
5.685 |
7.965 |
7.016 |
| Talbot2 |
1,406 |
11.554 |
34.516 |
46.606 |
53.681 |
43.924 |
| Villiers |
1,637 |
3.662 |
6.838 |
8.486 |
12.847 |
12.676 |
|
Unsettled Districts.
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|
|
|
|
|
| Gippsland |
14,565 |
0.134 |
0.268 |
0.439 |
1.257 |
2.129 |
| The Loddon |
6,084 |
4.459 |
9.040 |
10.679 |
11.965 |
15.120 |
| The Murray |
13,476 |
0.474 |
1.816 |
2.369 |
3.424 |
4.952 |
| Rodney |
1,699 |
0.916 |
1.142 |
1.931 |
4.350 |
10.688 |
| The Wimmera |
27,634 |
0.097 |
0.202 |
1.001 |
0.853 |
1.898 |