DENSITY OF POPULATION.

Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 4

DENSITY OF POPULATION.

'Jti- oc-mw t<*£u!Ls hive. pro.2rcs.--0d » further figures bcirsc now availa-M* shov.-av the density of the population .. P <l t>e result, of tha house and room enumeration which was included in tho *chedv.bi. The. Dominion is stenoJy settling k* v,--le. t.hon-ii the .own population rrrofl-.- v-fdrr- than ifio country. The number <:, i ]w.nsc-ns to a, afjiiaro mile is the hi-hct ever r-vordod.. Tatiag tad <hvfl!nv'S .-jty" the p<;polauoa, it is found thai tlrtM-e are 4.66 people to every in-b-ihiu'd •.']>.veiling, a slightly lower proportion than .-it, thi provioms census, showing t'l'vjV btukbng operations have been keeping botwr p;ws 'with the population inrxeaso. In lr:81 the nraportiort was 5.12 pea 1 bouse. V.;i+ hj lia,s steadilv since. The follow im; latjlu show* the •density of population in the various provinces: --Persons per Square Mile.—

j —Tho Dwellings.— i New Zealand's population is bowsed in ! 252.167 dwellings, inclndin« 4,691 with canvas roofs, 9,660 built of stone, brick, or concrete, 20,376 of wood, iron, or lath and plaster. and 637 of cob cr sod. The popular i>iz« of dwelling is that containing five jor six room:;. There axe 89,275 of them, I while the whole total of larger houses is | 46,814. Dwellings of three and four rooms total 54,770, and. those- of- two rocma

1906. 1911. AxK5kl.-il'.l ... 3.204 10.274 T&riin; 1 . k; ... 33.119 15.589 JVsy ... 9.573 11.008 WrJ linden ... 16.347 18.094 Msrlt.-crougli ... 3.022 3.363 ... 4.141 4.719 Woptlaivl ... 3.161 3.386 Canterbury ... 11.332 12.335 Otsi£<"' ... 8.934 9.250 Southland ... 4.752 5 256 Chatham Islands ... ... 0.525 0.661 Ktirmadco Islands ... ... 0.384 0.308 Totals ... 8.540 9.690