Dwellings, 1861-1901., TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Dwellings in Victoria, classified according to Occupation, Materials, and Number of Rooms at the last Five Censuses.
Year of Census.	Occupation.				Total Number of Dwellings.	Materials					Dwellings having—					Total Number of Rooms.*
	Occupied.		Unoccupied.			Brick or Stone.	Wood, Iron, or Lath and Plaster	Slab, Bark, Mud &c.	Not Specified.	Canvas, Linen, Calico, &c.	One Room	Two Rooms.	Three and Four Rooms.	Five and Six Rooms.	More than Six Rooms.
	Houses.	Tents and Dwellings with Canvas Roofs.	Empty Houses.	Houses Being Built.		Brick or Stone.	Wood, Iron, or Lath and Plaster	Slab, Bark, Mud &c.	Not Specified.	Canvas, Linen, Calico, &c.	One Room	Two Rooms.	Three and Four Rooms.	Five and Six Rooms.	More than Six Rooms.
1861	86,446	42,750	5,017	119	134,332	18,990	59,346	9,280	3,966	42,750	42,555	36,566	36,892	10,354	7,965	397,455
1871	145,962	4,656	6,997	866	158,481	33,461	101,635	16,499	2,230	4,656	21,328	34,168	64,632	22,551	15,802	615,950
1881	167,454	2,632	9,049	681	179,816	45,615	115,143	12,604	3,822	2,632	14,442	25,666	74,850	39,297	25,561	798,019
1891	218,159	5,862	15,846	1,693	241,560	69,545	154,843	4,841	6,473	5,858	29,623		163,179		48,758	1,232,524
1901	237,987	3,423	11,629	617	253,656	75,696	166,356	2,896	5,285	3,423	11,233	13,433	86,561	89,297	53,132	1,330,975