POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS, 1881-1891., TABLE XII.—Showing, according to the Returns of the Censuses of 1881 and 1891, the Population and Dwellings in such Urban Municipalities as were in existence at the former period ; also the Increase or Decrease of Population and Dwellings in each between those periods., (c) signifies City, and (t) Town in 1891 ; all the rest were Boroughs in that year., 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. |
| 1881. |
1891. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
1881. |
1891. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Ararat |
2,740 |
1,417 |
1,323 |
3,151 |
1,638 |
1,513 |
482 |
529 |
411 |
221 |
190 |
47 |
| Ballarat(c) |
22,411 |
11,019 |
11,392 |
24,257 |
11,602 |
12,655 |
4,154 |
4,655 |
1,846 |
583 |
1,263 |
501 |
| Ballarat East(t) |
14,849 |
7,452 |
7,397 |
16,592 |
8,387 |
8,205 |
3,039 |
3,508 |
1,743 |
935 |
808 |
469 |
| Bendigo(c)* |
28,153 |
14,093 |
14,060 |
26,774 |
13,063 |
13,711 |
5,848 |
5,493 |
-1,379 |
-1,030 |
-349 |
-355 |
| Brighton(t) |
4,755 |
2,183 |
2,572 |
9,858 |
4,611 |
5,247 |
822 |
1,851 |
5,103 |
2,428 |
2,675 |
1,029 |
| Browns and Scarsdale |
1,085 |
570 |
515 |
687 |
356 |
331 |
242 |
160 |
-398 |
-214 |
-184 |
-82 |
| Brunswick(t) |
6,222 |
3,133 |
3,089 |
21,961 |
11,168 |
10,793 |
1,200 |
4,418 |
15,739 |
8,035 |
7,704 |
3,218 |
| Buninyong |
1,416 |
715 |
701 |
1,183 |
577 |
606 |
293 |
266 |
-233 |
-138 |
-95 |
-27 |
| Carisbrook |
1,089 |
631 |
458 |
1,135 |
607 |
528 |
237 |
227 |
46 |
-24 |
70 |
-10 |
| Castlemaine |
5,787 |
2,961 |
2,826 |
4,770 |
2,365 |
2,405 |
1,300 |
1,063 |
-1,017 |
-596 |
-421 |
-237 |
| Chewton |
1,688 |
911 |
777 |
1,212 |
634 |
578 |
462 |
331 |
-476 |
-277 |
-199 |
-131 |
| Clunes |
5,811 |
2,894 |
2,917 |
3,486 |
1,659 |
1,827 |
1,086 |
718 |
-2,325 |
-1,235 |
-1,090 |
-368 |
| Collingwood(c) |
23,829 |
11,381 |
12,448 |
35,070 |
17,116 |
17,954 |
4,918 |
7,141 |
11,241 |
5,735 |
5,506 |
2,223 |
| Creswick |
3,731 |
2,012 |
1,719 |
3,095 |
1,555 |
1,540 |
830 |
677 |
-636 |
-457 |
-179 |
-153 |
| Daylesford |
3,892 |
2,024 |
1,868 |
3,839 |
1,919 |
1,920 |
847 |
811 |
-53 |
-105 |
52 |
-36 |
| Dunolly |
1,502 |
825 |
677 |
1,451 |
743 |
708 |
393 |
352 |
-51 |
-82 |
31 |
-41 |
| Eaglehawk |
7,362 |
3,723 |
3,639 |
7,315 |
3,660 |
3,655 |
1,501 |
1,528 |
-47 |
-63 |
16 |
27 |
| Echuca |
4,789 |
2,308 |
2,481 |
4,354 |
2,186 |
2,168 |
987 |
877 |
-435 |
-122 |
-313 |
-110 |
| Fitzroy(c) |
23,118 |
11,130 |
11,988 |
32,453 |
16,301 |
16,152 |
4,426 |
6,174 |
9,335 |
5,171 |
4,164 |
1,748 |
| Footscray(c) |
5,993 |
3,068 |
2,925 |
19,149 |
9,986 |
9,163 |
1,135 |
3,777 |
13,156 |
6,918 |
6,238 |
2,642 |
| Geelong(t) |
9,721 |
4,561 |
5,160 |
11,666 |
5,585 |
6,081 |
1,802 |
2,264 |
1,945 |
1,024 |
921 |
462 |
| Geelong West |
4,845 |
2,244 |
2,601 |
5,779 |
2,723 |
3,056 |
1,032 |
1,261 |
934 |
479 |
455 |
229 |
| Hamilton |
2,967 |
1,467 |
1,500 |
3,373 |
1,690 |
1,683 |
543 |
627 |
406 |
223 |
183 |
84 |
| Hawthorn(c) |
6,019 |
2,730 |
3,289 |
19,585 |
9,195 |
10,390 |
1,045 |
3,797 |
13,566 |
6,465 |
7,101 |
2,752 |
| Heathcote |
1,203 |
624 |
579 |
1,090 |
574 |
516 |
271 |
248 |
-113 |
-50 |
-63 |
-23 |
| Inglewood |
1,200 |
640 |
560 |
1,367 |
714 |
653 |
290 |
316 |
167 |
74 |
93 |
26 |
| Kew |
4,288 |
2,072 |
2,216 |
8,462 |
4,011 |
4,451 |
577 |
1,331 |
4,174 |
1,939 |
2,235 |
754 |
| Koroit |
1,644 |
883 |
761 |
1,694 |
904 |
790 |
269 |
316 |
50 |
21 |
29 |
47 |
| Majorca |
994 |
546 |
448 |
1,005 |
541 |
464 |
255 |
237 |
11 |
-5 |
16 |
-18 |
| Malmsbury |
1,329 |
683 |
646 |
1,367 |
700 |
667 |
250 |
278 |
38 |
17 |
21 |
28 |
| Maryborough |
3,297 |
1,743 |
1,554 |
4,994 |
2,554 |
2,440 |
751 |
1,023 |
1,697 |
811 |
886 |
272 |
| Melbourne(c) |
65,859 |
33,102 |
32,757 |
73,361 |
39,503 |
33,858 |
11,385 |
12,542 |
7,502 |
6,401 |
1,101 |
1,157 |
| Newtown and Chilwell |
4,642 |
2,107 |
2,535 |
5,249 |
2,428 |
2,821 |
899 |
1,016 |
607 |
321 |
286 |
117 |
| North Melbourne(t) |
17,839 |
8,909 |
8,930 |
20,997 |
10,878 |
10,119 |
3,320 |
3,981 |
3,158 |
1,969 |
1,189 |
661 |
| Port Fairy |
1,757 |
858 |
899 |
1,864 |
913 |
951 |
315 |
373 |
107 |
55 |
52 |
58 |
| Port Melbourne |
8,771 |
4,472 |
4,299 |
13,067 |
6,873 |
6,194 |
1,782 |
2,630 |
4,296 |
2,401 |
1,895 |
848 |
| Portland |
2,265 |
1,062 |
1,203 |
2,284 |
1,067 |
1,217 |
458 |
459 |
19 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
| Prahran(c) |
21,168 |
9,542 |
11,626 |
39,703 |
18,607 |
21,096 |
4,139 |
7,904 |
18,535 |
9,065 |
9,470 |
3,765 |
| Queenscliff |
1,216 |
560 |
656 |
1,905 |
962 |
943 |
211 |
320 |
689 |
402 |
287 |
109 |
| Raywood |
426 |
232 |
194 |
469 |
245 |
224 |
91 |
101 |
43 |
13 |
30 |
10 |
| Richmond(c) |
23,405 |
11,379 |
12,026 |
38,797 |
19,538 |
19,259 |
4,749 |
7,985 |
15,392 |
8,159 |
7,233 |
3,236 |
| Rutherglen |
484 |
239 |
245 |
704 |
406 |
298 |
98 |
137 |
220 |
167 |
53 |
39 |
| Sale |
3,073 |
1,559 |
1,514 |
3,442 |
1,655 |
1,787 |
589 |
693 |
369 |
96 |
273 |
104 |
| Sebastopol |
2,498 |
1,283 |
1,215 |
2,578 |
1,340 |
1,238 |
485 |
524 |
80 |
57 |
23 |
39 |
| Smythesdale |
685 |
344 |
341 |
421 |
218 |
203 |
163 |
97 |
-264 |
-126 |
-138 |
-66 |
| South Melbourne(c) |
25,374 |
12,438 |
12,936 |
41,724 |
21,382 |
20,342 |
4,839 |
8,005 |
16,350 |
8,944 |
7,406 |
3,166 |
| St. Arnaud |
2,629 |
1,401 |
1,228 |
3,045 |
1,555 |
1,490 |
563 |
614 |
416 |
154 |
262 |
51 |
| St. Kilda(c) |
11,654 |
5,016 |
6,638 |
19,838 |
8,965 |
10,873 |
1,983 |
3,716 |
8,184 |
3,949 |
4,235 |
1,733 |
| Stawell |
7,348 |
3,610 |
3,738 |
5,183 |
2,549 |
2,634 |
1,477 |
1,084 |
-2,165 |
-1,061 |
-1,104 |
-393 |
| Talbot |
2,318 |
1,260 |
1,058 |
1,439 |
734 |
705 |
576 |
353 |
-879 |
-526 |
-353 |
-223 |
| Tarnagulla |
886 |
476 |
410 |
713 |
365 |
348 |
222 |
183 |
-173 |
-111 |
-62 |
-39 |
| Wangaratta |
1,331 |
627 |
704 |
2,051 |
1,005 |
1,046 |
276 |
375 |
720 |
378 |
342 |
99 |
| Warrnambool(t) |
4,839 |
2,383 |
2,456 |
6,582 |
3,291 |
3,291 |
849 |
1,145 |
1,743 |
908 |
835 |
296 |
| Williamstown(t) |
9,034 |
4,414 |
4,620 |
15,960 |
8,120 |
7,840 |
1,773 |
3,232 |
6,926 |
3,706 |
3,220 |
1,459 |
| Wood's Point |
562 |
290 |
272 |
290 |
149 |
141 |
131 |
67 |
-272 |
-141 |
-131 |
-64 |