AREA AND POPULATION
369
Primary Producers (Agricultural, 79,235 ; Pastoral
and Dairying, 72,990 ; Mining and Quarrying 39,574) 204,093 Independent ......... 8,908
Total Breadwinners
718,820
The number of persons classed as 'dependents' was 916,211, and ' unspecified,' 11,703.
The census population of Sydney (1911), including suburbs and shipping, was 636,353. Estimated population, end of 1919, 828,700. At the end of 1919 the chief countrv towns, with their populations, were as follow : — Newcastle and suburbs, *62,900 ; Broken Hill, 22,950; Parramatta, 12,630; Maitlaud, E. & W., 12,400 ; Goulburn, 11,000 ; Granville, 12,030 ; Lithgow, 10,900; Bathurst, 9,100; Auburn, 11,910; Lismore, 8,850; Lidcombe, 8,770 ; Tamworth, 8,250 ; Orange, 7,500 ; Grafton, 5,350 ; Wagga Wagga, 7,650 : Alburv. 7,000 ; Katoomba, 7,400 ; Bankstown, 7,000 ; Prospect and Sherwood, 6,090 ; "Wollongong, 5,900 ; Armidale, 5,500 ; Inverell, 5,750 ; Forbes, 5,300 ; Dubbs, 5,200 ; Casino, 4,950 ; Cowra, 4,500.
The following table shows the births, deaths, and marriages for five years i
Year Marriages
Birth. IUeptimate
Total Deaths
Excess of Births
1913 16,311
1916 16,320
1917 13,261
1918 13,199
1919 15,818
52,134 52,075 52,467 50,700
1S.52S
2,802 2,501 2,533 2,654 2.534
19.:
19,854 17,969 18,840 26,385
32,402 32,221 34,498 31,860 21,141
The increase in population between the census of 1901 and that of 1911 was 291,337. Towards this the excess of births over deaths contributed 247,871.
The following table shows the movement of population during the last five years : —
Arrivals
Departures
Year
Interstate
Oversea
Total
Interstate 328.558
Oversea
ToUl
1915
341,691
44,362
386,053
82,383
410,941
1916
358,453
39,688
398,141
345,360
97,497
442,857
1917
274,768
35,063
309,831
260,616
52,504
313,120
1918
299,735
38,744
338,479
288,732
42,562
331,294
1919
240.863
93.276
334.139
235,887
4».3'.<n
284.283
Note. — The excess of Departures oversea, up to the year 1918, is due to departure of men in the Australian Imperial Forces.
In December, 1905, New South Wales revived the policy of assisted immi- gration, and assisted passages are now granted to female domestic servants and close relatives of residents. Free passages are granted to ex-service men and women who are nominated by friends already settled in New South Wales. 6,814 assisted persons arrived in 1914, 3,508in 1915, 1,040 in 1916, 586 in 1917, 192 in 1918, 119 in 1919, and 4.025 in 1920.
Housing. — To relieve the urgent demands for small dwellings, a Govern- ment Department has been created for the purpose of purchasing or resum- ing land and erecting houses thereon for disposal by sale or lease. The nousing scheme assists persons by liberal advances to become the owners of their own homes.
