POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN SHIRES, 1881 AND 1891., TABLE XIV.—Showing, according to the Returns of the Censuses of 1881 and 1891, the Population and Dwellings in such Shires as were in existence, with practically the same boundaries, at the former period ; also the Increase or Decrease of Population and Dwellings in each Shire between those periods., NOTE.—When the minus sign (-) is prefixed, a decrease has taken place between the periods ; in other cases the figures denote increase.
| Shires. |
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. |
| Ballarat |
4,531 |
2,480 |
2,051 |
4,491 |
2,526 |
1,965 |
756 |
788 |
-40 |
46 |
-86 |
32 |
| Bannockburn |
2,108 |
1,079 |
1,029 |
1,803 |
913 |
890 |
359 |
319 |
-305 |
-166 |
-139 |
-40 |
| Barrabool |
2,327 |
1,229 |
1,098 |
2,098 |
1,135 |
963 |
416 |
395 |
-229 |
-94 |
-135 |
-21 |
| Beechworth |
7,956 |
4,419 |
3,537 |
7,355 |
4,019 |
3,336 |
1,762 |
1,427 |
-601 |
-400 |
-201 |
-335 |
| Belfast |
3,055 |
1,618 |
1,437 |
2,650 |
1,406 |
1,244 |
486 |
463 |
-405 |
-212 |
-193 |
-23 |
| Bellarine |
4,098 |
2,136 |
1,962 |
4,911 |
2,590 |
2,321 |
789 |
914 |
813 |
454 |
359 |
125 |
| Berwick |
3,477 |
2,054 |
1,423 |
4,080 |
2,352 |
1,728 |
775 |
825 |
603 |
298 |
305 |
50 |
| Bet Bet |
4,725 |
2,788 |
1,937 |
3,568 |
2,066 |
1,502 |
1,271 |
964 |
-1,157 |
-722 |
-435 |
-307 |
| Boroondara |
1,525 |
757 |
768 |
6,204 |
2,946 |
3,258 |
270 |
1,241 |
4,679 |
2,189 |
2,490 |
971 |
| Braybrook |
1,107 |
593 |
514 |
1,556 |
890 |
666 |
225 |
312 |
449 |
297 |
152 |
87 |
| Broadford |
1,537 |
969 |
568 |
1,628 |
910 |
718 |
354 |
324 |
91 |
-59 |
150 |
-30 |
| Broadmeadows |
1,751 |
920 |
831 |
1,779 |
972 |
807 |
295 |
312 |
28 |
52 |
-24 |
17 |
| Bulla |
1,978 |
988 |
990 |
2,125 |
1,127 |
998 |
243 |
300 |
147 |
139 |
8 |
57 |
| Bungaree |
4,981 |
2,745 |
2,236 |
4,466 |
2,497 |
1,969 |
907 |
941 |
-515 |
-248 |
-267 |
34 |
| Buninyong |
9,535 |
5,163 |
4,372 |
6,982 |
3,796 |
3,186 |
1,925 |
1,443 |
-2,553 |
-1,367 |
-1,186 |
-482 |
| Caulfield |
2,488 |
1,128 |
1,360 |
8,005 |
3,809 |
4,196 |
397 |
1,524 |
5,517 |
2,681 |
2,836 |
1,127 |
| Chiltern |
1,976 |
1,012 |
964 |
2,260 |
1,226 |
1,034 |
421 |
462 |
284 |
214 |
70 |
41 |
| Coburg |
2,659 |
1,634 |
1,025 |
5,752 |
3,279 |
2,473 |
369 |
1,023 |
3,093 |
1,645 |
1,448 |
654 |
| Colac |
5,175 |
2,714 |
2,461 |
7,525 |
4,187 |
3,338 |
969 |
1,426 |
2,350 |
1,473 |
877 |
457 |
| Corio |
2,300 |
1,175 |
1,125 |
2,167 |
1,117 |
1,050 |
407 |
428 |
-133 |
-58 |
-75 |
21 |
| Cranbourne |
1,420 |
759 |
661 |
2,082 |
1,165 |
917 |
267 |
435 |
662 |
406 |
256 |
168 |
| Creswick |
6,647 |
3,763 |
2,884 |
7,993 |
4,410 |
3,583 |
1,288 |
1,603 |
1,346 |
647 |
699 |
315 |
| Dandenong |
1,414 |
732 |
682 |
2,450 |
1,341 |
1,109 |
266 |
529 |
1,036 |
609 |
427 |
263 |
| Darebin |
1,304 |
689 |
615 |
1,269 |
700 |
569 |
213 |
237 |
-35 |
11 |
-46 |
24 |
| Dundas |
3,250 |
1,770 |
1,480 |
3,083 |
1,679 |
1,404 |
601 |
580 |
-167 |
-91 |
-76 |
-21 |
| Dunmunkle |
4,349 |
2,463 |
1,886 |
4,725 |
2,567 |
2,158 |
821 |
809 |
376 |
104 |
272 |
-12 |
| East Loddon |
1,701 |
981 |
720 |
1,717 |
987 |
730 |
318 |
285 |
16 |
6 |
10 |
-33 |
| Eltham |
2,344 |
1,275 |
1,069 |
2,874 |
1,566 |
1,308 |
514 |
567 |
530 |
291 |
239 |
53 |
| Euroa |
4,890 |
2,719 |
2,171 |
7,381 |
4,035 |
3,346 |
949 |
1,350 |
2,491 |
1,316 |
1,175 |
401 |
| Flinders and Kangerong |
1,727 |
953 |
774 |
2,518 |
1,330 |
1,188 |
345 |
476 |
791 |
377 |
414 |
131 |
| Gisborne |
2,617 |
1,422 |
1,195 |
2,162 |
1,140 |
1,022 |
521 |
415 |
-455 |
-282 |
-173 |
-106 |
| Glenlyon |
2,631 |
1,436 |
1,195 |
2,725 |
1,561 |
1,164 |
551 |
603 |
94 |
125 |
-31 |
52 |
| Grenville |
6,026 |
3,494 |
2,532 |
3,568 |
1,917 |
1,651 |
1,431 |
880 |
-2,458 |
-1,577 |
-881 |
-551 |
| Hampden |
6,487 |
3,580 |
2,907 |
8,360 |
4,587 |
3,773 |
1,231 |
1,608 |
1,873 |
1,007 |
866 |
377 |
| Heidelberg |
2,775 |
1,524 |
1,251 |
4,413 |
2,282 |
2,131 |
370 |
716 |
1,638 |
758 |
880 |
346 |
| Howqua |
1,270 |
729 |
541 |
1,144 |
689 |
455 |
313 |
324 |
-126 |
-40 |
-86 |
11 |
| Huntly |
3,764 |
2,026 |
1,738 |
3,414 |
1,930 |
1,484 |
728 |
735 |
-350 |
-96 |
-254 |
7 |