POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN SHIRES, 1881., TABLE XXII.—Showing the Arera in Square Miles of each Shire ; the Population ; Inhabited Dwellings, and Number of Rooms in each ; the Proportion of Females to Males ; the Average Number of Persons to the Square Mile, to the Inhabited Dwelling, and to a Room ; and the Average Number of Inhabited Dwellings to the Square Mile.

Shires.	Area in Square Miles.	Population.			Inhabited Dwellings.	Total Number of Rooms.	Number of Females to 100 Males.	Persons to the Square Mile.	Persons to the Inhabited Dwellings.	Persons to a Room.	Dwellings to the Square Mile.
		Persons.	Males.	Females.
Korong	1,113	7,751	4,479	3,272	1,946	5,972	73.05	6.96	3.98	1.30	1.75
Kowree	1,448	2,277	1,306	971	432	1,674	74.35	1.58	5.27	1.36	0.30
Kyneton	273	8,725	4,495	4,230	1,603	7,775	94.11	31.96	5.44	1.12	5.87
Leigh	379	1,905	1,031	874	379	1,812	84.77	5.03	5.03	1.05	1.00
Lexton	297	2,131	1,201	930	471	1,822	77.44	7.18	4.52	1.17	1.59
Lilydale	223	2,543	1,421	1,122	481	2,150	78.96	11.40	5.29	1.18	2.16
Lowan	9,400	3,927	2,353	1,574	813	2,513	66.89	0.42	4.83	1.56	0.09
Maffra	1,064	3,242	1,737	1,505	613	2,733	86.64	3.05	5.29	1.19	0.58
Maldon	215	5,116	2,783	2,333	1,116	4,843	83.83	23.80	4.58	1.06	5.19
Malvern	6	1,797	921	876	299	1,872	95.11	299.50	6.01	0.96	49.83
Mansfield	864	2,658	1,513	1,145	560	2,237	75.68	3.08	4.75	1.19	0.65
Marong	566	8,746	4,846	3,900	1,928	7,256	80.48	15.45	4.54	1.21	3.41
Melton	104	1,038	554	484	204	1,032	87.36	9.98	5.09	1.00	1.96
Meredith	169	1,530	824	706	313	1,440	85.68	9.05	4.89	1.06	1.85
Merriang	123	1,253	680	573	231	1,178	84.26	10.19	5.42	1.06	1.88
Metcalfe	204	3,725	1,987	1,738	775	3,292	87.47	18.26	4.81	1.13	3.80
Minhamite	542	1,802	987	815	321	1,435	82.58	3.32	5.61	1.25	0.59
Moorabbin	31	3,733	1,994	1,739	699	3,319	87.21	120.42	5.34	1.12	22.55
Mornington	107	2,058	1,021	1,037	409	2,034	101.57	19.23	5.03	1.01	3.82
Mortlake	915	2,863	1,582	1,281	499	2,527	80.97	3.13	5.74	1.13	0.55
Mount Alexander	52	4,521	2,527	1,994	1,242	4,346	78.91	86.94	3.64	1.04	23.88
Mount Franklin	118	3,400	2,039	1,361	864	2,924	66.74	28.81	3.95	1.16	7.32
Mount Rouse	537	2,146	1,139	1,007	422	1,958	88.41	4.00	5.09	1.10	0.79
McIvor	570	3,424	1,909	1,515	799	2,723	79.36	6.00	4.29	1.26	1.40
Narracan	890	2,184	1,305	879	522	1,785	67.36	2.45	4.18	1.22	0.59
Newham	105	2,859	1,515	1,344	531	2,473	88.71	27.23	5.38	1.16	5.06
Newstead	105	2,674	1,471	1,203	582	2,399	81.78	25.47	4.59	1.11	5.54
North Ovens	234	2,126	1,190	936	412	1,744	78.66	9.09	5.16	1.22	1.76
Nunawading	23	1,573	862	711	304	1,324	82.48	68.39	5.17	1.19	13.22
Oakleigh	29	1,697	905	792	327	1,526	87.51	58.52	5.19	1.11	11.28
Omeo	1,674	1,630	1,059	571	397	1,361	53.92	0.97	4.11	1.20	0.24
Oxley	967	2,983	1,680	1,303	578	2,362	77.56	3.08	5.16	1.26	0.60
Phillip Island & Woolamai	366	1,444	808	636	294	1,318	78.71	3.94	4.91	1.09	0.88
Portland	1,607	5,498	2,825	2,673	990	4,360	94.62	3.42	5.55	1.26	0.62
Pyalong	216	1,122	602	520	207	887	86.38	5.19	5.42	1.26	0.95
Ripon	587	5,292	2,898	2,394	1,169	4,652	82.61	90.15	4.52	1.14	1.99
Romsey	91	1,913	1,126	787	381	1,587	69.89	21.02	5.02	1.20	4.19
Rosedale	810	3,113	1,636	1,477	572	2,709	90.28	3.84	5.44	1.15	0.71
Rutherglen	212	2,389	1,367	1,022	443	1,676	74.76	11.27	5.39	1.42	2.09
St. Arnaud	3,602	12,816	7,305	5,511	2,583	8,922	75.44	3.56	4.96	1.44	0.72
Seymour	335	2,804	1,576	1,228	578	2,260	77.92	8.37	4.85	1.24	1.73
Shepparton	764	6,574	3,944	2,630	1,346	4,052	66.68	8.60	4.88	1.62	1.76
South Barwon	53	1,951	984	967	366	1,777	98.27	36.81	5.33	1.09	6.90
Springfield	113	881	443	438	150	677	98.87	7.79	5.87	1.30	1.33
Stawell	1,001	4,060	2,388	1,672	995	3,504	70.01	4.06	4.08	1.16	0.99
Strathfieldsaye	229	4,035	2,246	1,789	904	3,001	79.65	17.62	4.46	1.34	3.95
Swan Hill	11,078	9,116	5,318	3,798	1,938	6,961	71.42	0.82	4.70	1.31	0.18
Talbot	183	2,750	1,497	1,253	631	2,204	83.70	15.03	4.36	1.25	3.45
Towong	2,545	3,310	2,030	1,280	808	2,703	63.05	1.30	4.10	1.22	0.32
Traralgon	441	1,742	968	774	361	1,401	79.97	3.95	4.82	1.24	0.82
Tullaroop	219	5,042	2,896	2,146	1,234	4,370	74.10	23.02	4.08	1.15	5.63
Wannon	753	2,670	1,446	1,224	485	2,213	84.65	3.55	5.50	1.20	0.64
Waranga	1,076	9,993	5,719	4,274	1,884	6,816	74.73	9.29	5.30	1.47	1.75
Warrnambool	610	9,064	4,763	4,301	1,536	6,746	90.30	14.86	5.90	1.34	2.52
Whittlesea	138	1,859	967	892	360	1,954	92.25	13.47	5.16	0.96	2.60
Wimmera	1,819	8,231	4,586	3,645	1,559	5,932	79.48	4.53	5.28	1.39	0.86
Winchelsea	609	2,708	1,418	1,290	471	2,409	90.97	4.45	5.75	1.12	0.77
Wodonga	97	1,568	832	736	299	1,266	88.46	16.16	5.24	1.24	3.08
Wyndham	302	1,456	780	676	264	1,272	86.67	4.82	5.51	1.13	0.87
Yackandandah	836	4,205	2,404	1,801	894	3,491	74.92	5.02	4.70	1.20	1.07
Yarrawonga	830	6,169	3,626	2,543	1,241	3,924	70.13	7.43	4.97	1.57	1.50
Yea	593	1,085	625	460	239	1,041	73.60	1.83	4.54	1.04	0.40