THE CENSUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 104, 3 May 1911, Page 5

THE CENSUS.

WAITEMATA COUNTY; a 5,848. 2

A SUBSTANTIAIi INCSIEASE.. '^

The figures for the Waitemata. County /which have been completed, together •with the return for Kotoey CoWty chow a. substantial increase in the matter of population during the last five yeirs SWell *• Several adVanc* recorded by the census throughout the province. WaitemataOmnty, including S OT<^ S 1 Devol iP°rt, Krkenheaa, and Northcote has a population of 15.548, and of this total 0769 are males and 9079 females In 1906 the population was declared at 14,288, the increase in five xr^ll*^ 115115 456 °- At the last JSorthcote -was not a borough, and wa» included in-the county return, but separating the returns for the three boroughs it is shown that the out districts of the Waitemata carry a population of 8666 (4780 males, and 3866 females) as against 6833 in 1906, an increase 0f'1833 the suburbs showing an advance of The population in the Waitemata ■fcoral dfiftrict has increased from 12 534 to 15,756. The figures for Rodney County diaclose an increase of 428, the population in 1906 being 3829, and is now 4257 of which, males nun&er 2360, and females 1897. WAITEMATA, COUNTY. " 1911 1900 Inc. Devonport ............ 7055 5073 1982 Birkenhead , 1703 1266 437 tfortbeote , 1424 1116 308 bounty , 8668 6833 1833 , Total County ... 1834814,288- 4360 \ RODNEY COUNTY. 1901 1906 Inc. Rodney County 4257 3829 423 ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 'Marsden, • KatpeTa, Waitemata and Eden electoral districts cut into .the territory covered by the returna-for Waitemata and Rodney counties. The combined counties have a total population •of 23,105, there ibeirag 12,120 males and J. 6,970 'females, ■which are distributed between, the...electoral districts as follows:—' Males.> Female- Tls. Waitemata , 8029 7727 15,756 Marsden , 763 606 1369 KaJpara >1727 1362 3089 Eden ;*...., 11S10 1281 2891 5 '*■'?, 12,129 10,976 23,105 SOUTHERN RETURNS. a»ll J906 Inc. New Plymouth (including suburbs)! 7731 7240 ? g9l Kairanga County 3877 3651 196 Blenheim 3772 3351 421 Blenheim enburbs ■ 4877< —~ — CKRISTCHtfRCH. AND DISTRICXr CHRISTCHURCH, this day. ■ The. total population of Christchurchi an ddistrict is given as 90,400, an increase" of "8513 ds the figures for 19'tf6. Ihe Central Ward of the' city shows a decrease.of 2196, but all the suburbs show increases, some, which, are coming rapidly into;'..favbur, as much as 40 or 50 per cent. V " —.■ :'::/ .::."*:*?:. '