POPULATION AND DWELLINGS ON THE GOLD-FIELDS, 1871 AND 1881., TABLE XXIII.—Showing the Population and Dwellings on the Gold-fields in each Mining District at the Censuses of 1871 and 1881 ; also the Increase or Decrease of Population and Dwellings between the Periods ; the Proportion of Females to Males ; and the Average Number of Persons to the Inhabited Dwelling.
Mining Districts. Population. Inhabited Dwellings. Decrease of Population.* Decrease of Dwellings. Number of Females to 100 Males. Number of Persons to a Dwelling.
1871. 1881.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. 1871. 1881. Persons. Males. Females. 1871. 1881. 1871. 1881.
Total 270,428 155,269 115,159 230,944 123,344 107,600 64,867 50,580 39,484 31,925 7,559 14,287 74.17 87.24 4.17 4.57
Ararat 19,546 11,546 8,000 15,538 8,160 7,378 4,754 3,320 4,008 3,386 622 1,434 69.29 90.42 4.11 4.68
Ballarat 94,618 51,329 43,289 76,092 39,191 36,901 20,658 14,895 18,526 12,138 6,388 5,763 84.34 94.16 4.58 5.11
Beechworth 27,061 16,773 10,288 27,270 15,418 11,852 6,565 6,069 + 209 1,355 + 1564 496 61.34 76.87 4.12 4.49
Castlemaine 38,385 22,093 16,292 30,006 16,230 13,776 9,709 7,140 8,379 5,863 2,516 2,569 73.74 84.88 3.95 4.20
Gippsland 5,557 4,033 1,524 4,410 2,743 1,667 1,657 1,149 1,147 1,290 + 143 508 37.79 60.77 3.35 3.84
Maryborough 35,892 21,519 14,373 32,038 18,132 13,906 9,786 8,236 3,854 3,387 467 1,550 66.79 76.69 3.67 3.89
Sandhurst 49,369 27,976 21,393 45,590 23,470 22,120 11,738 9,771 3,779 4,506 + 727 1,967 76.47 94.25 4.21 4.67