POPULATION AND DWELLINGS IN SHIRES, 1891., TABLE XV.—Showing the Area 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 Dwelling. Persons to a Room. Dwellings to the Square Mile.
Persons. Males. Females.
Total 86728½ 517,635 285,842 231,793 103,154 517,823 81.09 5.97 5.02 1.00 1.19
Alberton 1,413 5,760 3,503 2,257 1,360 5,441 64.43 4.08 4.24 1.06 0.96
Alexandra 766 2,644 1,450 1,194 539 2,843 82.34 3.45 4.91 0.93 0.70
Arapiles 769 3,274 1,736 1,538 562 2,423 88.59 4.26 5.83 1.35 0.73
Ararat 1,556 4,623 2,565 2,058 909 4,570 80.23 2.97 5.09 1.01 0.58
Avoca 453 4,578 2,492 2,086 1,067 4,731 83.71 10.11 4.29 0.97 2.36
Avon 640 2,358 1,257 1,101 462 2,641 87.59 3.68 5.10 0.89 0.72
Bacchus Marsh 210 2,479 1,355 1,124 509 2,591 82.95 11.80 4.87 0.96 2.42
Bairnsdale 1,130 7,546 4,182 3,364 1,572 7,328 80.44 6.68 4.80 1.03 1.39
Ballan 359 645½ 3,405 3,046 1,313 6,808 89.46 17.97 4.91 0.95 3.66
Ballarat 182 4,491 2,526 1,965 788 4,903 77.79 24.68 5.70 0.92 4.33
Bannockburn 136 1,803 913 890 319 1,959 97.48 13.26 5.65 0.92 2.35
Barrabool 195 2,098 1,135 963 395 2,243 84.85 10.76 5.31 0.94 2.03
Beechworth 314 7,355 4,019 3,336 1,427 7,855 83.01 23.42 5.15 0.94 4.54
Belfast 201 2,650 1,406 1,244 463 2,324 88.48 13.18 5.72 1.14 2.30
Bellarine 128 4,911 2,590 2,321 914 5,396 89.61 38.37 5.37 0.91 7.14
Benalla 1,140 8,652 4,724 3,928 1,603 8,339 83.15 7.59 5.40 1.04 1.41
Berwick 387 4,080 2,352 1,728 825 4,478 73.47 10.54 4.95 0.91 2.13
Bet Bet 337 3,568 2,066 1,502 964 3,568 72.70 10.59 3.70 1.00 2.86
Boroondara 13 6,204 2,946 3,258 1,241 8,735 110.59 477.23 5.00 0.71 95.46
Borung 852 4,621 2,779 1,842 805 3,233 66.28 5.42 5.74 1.43 0.94
Braybrook 92 1,556 890 666 312 1,569 74.83 16.91 4.99 0.99 3.39
Bright 1,292 4,258 2,424 1,834 1,033 4,795 75.66 3.30 4.12 0.89 0.80
Broadford 218 1,628 910 718 324 1,490 78.90 7.47 5.02 1.09 1.49
Broadmeadows 74 1,779 972 807 312 1,945 83.02 24.04 5.70 0.91 4.22
Bulla 112 2,125 1,127 998 300 1,793 88.55 18.97 7.08 1.19 2.68
Bulleen 20½ 818 450 368 181 886 81.78 39.90 4.52 0.92 8.83
Buln Buln 441 3,751 2,178 1,573 777 3,345 72.22 8.51 4.83 1.12 1.76
Bungaree 88 4,466 2,497 1,969 941 4,116 78.85 50.75 4.75 1.09 10.69
Buninyong 296 6,982 3,796 3,186 1,443 7,115 83.93 23.59 4.84 0.98 4.88
Caulfield 9½ 8,005 3,809 4,196 1,524 11,359 110.16 842.63 5.25 0.70 160.42
Chiltern 95 2,260 1,226 1,034 462 2,188 84.34 23.79 4.89 1.03 4.86
Coburg 7½ 5,752 3,279 2,473 1,023 7,111 75.42 766.93 5.62 0.81 136.40
Colac 1,094 7,525 4,187 3,338 1,426 7,407 79.72 6.88 5.28 1.02 1.30
Corio 243 2,167 1,117 1,050 428 2,482 94.00 8.92 5.06 0.87 1.76
Cranbourne 218 2,082 1,165 917 435 2,286 78.71 9.55 4.79 0.91 2.00
Creswick 198 7,993 4,410 3,583 1,603 8,272 81.25 40.37 4.99 0.97 8.10
Dandenong 60 2,450 1,341 1,109 529 2,818 82.70 40.83 4.63 0.87 8.82
Darebin 81 1,269 700 569 237 1,293 81.29 15.67 5.35 0.98 2.93
Dimboola 4,756 5,054 3,002 2,052 938 3,505 68.35 1.06 5.39 1.44 0.20
Doncaster 13½ 852 476 376 163 857 78.99 63.11 5.23 0.99 12.07
Dundas 1,364 3,083 1,679 1,404 580 3,087 83.62 2.26 5.32 1.00 0.43
Dunmunkle 551 4,725 2,567 2,158 809 4,338 84.07 8.58 5.84 1.09 1.47
East Loddon 455 1,717 987 730 285 1,532 73.96 3.77 6.02 1.12 0.63
Echuca 1,260 7,347 4,096 3,251 1,338 6,540 79.37 5.83 5.49 1.12 1.06
Eltham 216 2,874 1,566 1,308 567 2,787 83.52 13.31 5.07 1.03 2.63
Euroa 860 7,381 4,035 3,346 1,350 7,066 82.92 8.58 5.47 1.04 1.57
Ferntree Gully 120 1,678 977 701 324 1,490 71.75 13.98 5.18 1.13 2.70
Flinders and Kangerong 184 2,518 1,330 1,188 476 3,250 89.32 13.68 5.29 0.77 2.59
Gisborne 100 2,162 1,140 1,022 415 2,583 89.65 21.62 5.21 0.84 4.15
Glenelg 1,411 4,977 2,572 2,405 917 4,889 93.51 3.53 5.43 1.02 0.65
Glenlyon 121 2,725 1,561 1,164 603 2,378 74.57 22.52 4.52 1.15 4.98
Gordon 856 4,039 2,219 1,820 779 3,905 82.02 4.72 5.18 1.03 0.91
Goulburn 257 3,358 2,014 1,344 621 2,961 66.73 13.07 5.41 1.13 2.42
Grenville 315 3,568 1,917 1,651 880 4,268 86.12 11.33 4.05 0.84 2.79
Hampden 1,738 8,360 4,587 3,773 1,608 8,265 82.25 4.81 5.20 1.01 0.93
Healesville 197 1,195 667 528 226 1,402 79.16 6.07 5.29 0.85 1.15
Heidelberg 41 4,413 2,282 2,131 716 4,138 93.38 107.63 6.16 1.07 17.46
Howqua 834 1,144 689 455 324 1,191 66.04 1.37 3.53 0.96 0.39