TABLE 15.—Population and Habitations of Municipal Districts within the area of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works District, and within a radius of Ten Miles from the Melbourne Post Office., SECTION A.—TOTAL POPULATION, CHINESE AND ABORIGINES, AND TOTAL HABITATIONS.
Municipal Districts. Total Population. Chinese.* Aborigines.* Habitations.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Females. Persons. Females. Inhabited Dwellings. Houses.
Uninhabited Being Built.
In Board of Works District.
CITIES.
Melbourne 68,374 34,161 34,213 1,384 95 6 5 12,298 281 14
Fitzroy 31,687 14,808 16,879 89 11 6,346 155 10
Collingwood 32,749 15,383 17,366 25 3 6,803 200 10
Richmond 37,824 18,074 19,750 61 2 7,908 156 4
Prahran 40,441 17,700 22,741 24 1 1 1 8,437 197 19
South Melbourne 40,619 19,412 21,207 39 7 1 1 8,056 169 18
St. Kilda 20,542 8,803 11,739 34 3 1 1 3,955 82 20
Hawthorn 21,430 9,484 11,946 72 2 1 1 4,390 143 8
Footscray 18,318 9,094 9,224 5 1 3,582 106 8
TOWNS.
North Melbourne 18,120 8,876 9,244 46 7 1 3,640 43
Brunswick 24,141 11,470 12,671 113 11 5 3 4,887 87 14
Essendon 17,426 8,087 9,339 74 3,499 67 13
Northcote 9,677 4,646 5,031 7 5 2 1,878 38 19
Williamstown 14,052 6,793 7,259 13 1 10 4 2,942 110 8
Port Melbourne 12,176 5,989 6,187 6 1 1 2,439 35 3
Brighton 10,047 4,443 5,604 121 4 4 1 1,982 85 4
Malvern† 10,619 4,656 5,963 14 2 2,114 56 24
BOROUGHS.
Flemington and Kensington 10,946 5,361 5,585 9 2,216 60
Kew 9,469 4,354 5,115 59 1,586 43 8
Caulfield† 9,541 4,361 5,180 49 4 1,869 68 6
SHIRES.
Boroondara 8,602 3,927 4,675 16 1 1 1,674 58 17
Preston 4,059 1,975 2,084 4 761 25 2
Coburg 6,772 3,394 3,378 77 1,260 34 7
Nunawading (part of) 744 318 426 163 11
Heidelberg (part of) 3,895 1,923 1,972 5 571 7 8
Moorabbin (part of) 1,278 566 712 5 231 24 1
Total § 483,548 228,058 255,490 2,351 154 37 21 95,487 2,340 245
Outside Board of Works District.
BOROUGH.
Oakleigh 1,273 613 660 275 13
SHIRES (part of).
Wyndham 552 308 244 112 3
Braybrook 1,042 565 477 6 8 212 22 1
Keilor 372 206 166 78 6
Broadmeadows 982 497 485 170 6
Epping 196 104 92 37 1
Heidelberg 216 128 88 47 5
Eltham 85 37 48 18
Templestowe 360 186 174 71 3
Doncastor 498 268 230 100 3
Nunawading 2,722 1,343 1,379 551 20 2
Mulgrave 338 184 154 56 8 1
Moorabbin 2,114 1,138 976 74 430 29 5
Whittlesea 51 28 23 9 1
Shipping in Hobson's Bay and River ‖ 1,730 1,540 190 49
Grand Total 496,079 235,203 260,876 2,480 154 45 21 97,653 2,460 254