POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS, 1871-1881., TABLE XX.—Showing, according to the Returns of the Censuses of 1871 and 1881, the Population and Dwellings in such Cities, Towns, and Boroughs as were in existence at the former period ; also the Increase or Decrease of Population and Dwellings in each place between those periods., (c) signifies City, and (t) Town ; all the rest are Boroughs., NOTE.—Where the minus sign ( - ) is prefixed, a decrease has taken place between the periods. In other cases the figures denote increase.
| Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. |
Population. |
Inhabited Dwellings. |
Increase or Decrease of Population. |
Increase or Decrease of Inhabited Dwellings. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
1871. |
1881. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total |
374,150 |
190,425 |
183,725 |
441,559 |
217,077 |
224,482 |
75,658 |
85,344 |
67,409 |
26,652 |
40,757 |
9,686 |
| Ararat |
2,370 |
1,272 |
1,098 |
2,740 |
1,417 |
1,323 |
442 |
482 |
370 |
145 |
225 |
40 |
| Ballarat(c) |
24,308 |
12,224 |
12,084 |
22,411 |
11,019 |
11,392 |
4,888 |
4,154 |
-1,897 |
-1,205 |
-692 |
-734 |
| Ballarat East(t) |
16,397 |
8,537 |
7,860 |
14,849 |
7,452 |
7,397 |
3,654 |
3,039 |
-1,548 |
-1,085 |
-463 |
-615 |
| *Beechworth |
2,866 |
1,516 |
1,350 |
2,399 |
1,215 |
1,184 |
569 |
484 |
-467 |
-301 |
-166 |
-85 |
| Belfast |
2,485 |
1,211 |
1,274 |
1,757 |
858 |
899 |
410 |
315 |
-728 |
-353 |
-375 |
-95 |
| Brighton |
3,059 |
1,441 |
1,618 |
4,755 |
2,183 |
2,572 |
559 |
822 |
1,696 |
742 |
954 |
263 |
| Browns and Scarsdale |
2,121 |
1,174 |
947 |
1,085 |
570 |
515 |
467 |
242 |
-1,036 |
-604 |
-432 |
-225 |
| †Brunswick |
4,388 |
2,266 |
2,122 |
6,598 |
3,350 |
3,248 |
894 |
1,272 |
2,210 |
1,084 |
1,126 |
378 |
| Buninyong |
1,981 |
1,021 |
960 |
1,416 |
715 |
701 |
411 |
293 |
-565 |
-306 |
-259 |
-118 |
| Carisbrook |
941 |
552 |
389 |
1,089 |
631 |
458 |
211 |
237 |
148 |
79 |
69 |
26 |
| Castlemaine |
6,935 |
3,709 |
3,226 |
5,787 |
2,961 |
2,826 |
1,570 |
1,300 |
-1,148 |
-748 |
-400 |
-270 |
| Chewton |
2,387 |
1,382 |
1,005 |
1,688 |
911 |
777 |
673 |
462 |
-699 |
-471 |
-228 |
-211 |
| *Chiltern |
1,212 |
617 |
595 |
1,243 |
621 |
622 |
294 |
261 |
31 |
4 |
27 |
-33 |
| Clunes |
6,068 |
3,180 |
2,888 |
5,811 |
2,894 |
2,917 |
1,261 |
1,086 |
-257 |
-286 |
29 |
-175 |
| Collingwood(c) |
18,598 |
9,006 |
9,592 |
23,829 |
11,381 |
12,448 |
4,013 |
4,918 |
5,231 |
2,375 |
2,856 |
905 |
| Creswick |
3,969 |
2,444 |
1,525 |
3,731 |
2,012 |
1,719 |
980 |
830 |
-238 |
-432 |
194 |
-150 |
| Daylesford |
4,696 |
2,608 |
2,088 |
3,892 |
2,024 |
1,868 |
1,082 |
847 |
-804 |
-584 |
-220 |
-235 |
| Dunolly |
1,553 |
866 |
687 |
1,502 |
825 |
677 |
406 |
393 |
-51 |
-41 |
-10 |
-13 |
| Eaglehawk |
6,590 |
3,569 |
3,021 |
7,362 |
3,723 |
3,639 |
1,431 |
1,501 |
772 |
154 |
618 |
70 |
| Echuca |
1,649 |
870 |
779 |
4,789 |
2,308 |
2,481 |
347 |
987 |
3,140 |
1,438 |
1,702 |
640 |
| †Emerald Hill(t) |
17,101 |
8,447 |
8,654 |
24,525 |
12,055 |
12,470 |
3,217 |
4,706 |
7,424 |
3,608 |
3,816 |
1,489 |
| Essendon and Flemington |
2,456 |
1,231 |
1,225 |
5,061 |
2,523 |
2,538 |
449 |
903 |
2,605 |
1,292 |
1,313 |
454 |
| †Fitzroy(c) |
15,547 |
7,557 |
7,990 |
22,742 |
10,913 |
11,829 |
3,020 |
4,354 |
7,195 |
3,356 |
3,839 |
1,334 |
| Footscray |
2,473 |
1,334 |
1,139 |
5,993 |
3,068 |
2,925 |
490 |
1,135 |
3,520 |
1,734 |
1,786 |
645 |
| †Geelong(t) |
15,026 |
7,012 |
8,014 |
14,566 |
6,805 |
7,761 |
2,863 |
2,834 |
-460 |
-207 |
-253 |
-29 |
| *Graytown |
1,422 |
854 |
568 |
161 |
95 |
66 |
511 |
58 |
-1,261 |
-759 |
-502 |
-453 |
| *Guildford |
1,156 |
687 |
469 |
765 |
405 |
360 |
289 |
177 |
-391 |
-282 |
-109 |
-112 |
| Hamilton |
2,349 |
1,182 |
1,167 |
2,967 |
1,467 |
1,500 |
424 |
543 |
618 |
285 |
333 |
119 |
| Hawthorn |
3,329 |
1,587 |
1,742 |
6,019 |
2,730 |
3,289 |
601 |
1,045 |
2,690 |
1,143 |
1,547 |
444 |
| Heathcote |
1,554 |
840 |
714 |
1,203 |
624 |
579 |
368 |
271 |
-351 |
-216 |
-135 |
-97 |