CENSUS FIGURES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3766, 8 June 1936, Page 4

CENSUS FIGURES

PRINCIPAL CENTRES OF POPULATION.

TCWfNS IN ORDER OF SIZE. Comparative census returns of New Zealand cities, boroughs, counties and town districts have been issued in the monthly abstract of statistics for May, the figures representing the Government Statistician’s first official publication of census results. A remarkable coincidence disclosed in the returns is that the urban area population of Invercargill and Wanganui are exactly the same.

In the following table of urban area populations (including Maoris) the figures given for the 1936 census are still subject to revision. In all cases where boundaries have been altered compensatory adjustments have been made in the 1926 census figures. The Dunedin figure for 1926 includes 4490 visitors to the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition over and above the ordinary level of visitors: 1936 1926 Auckland—

Total 211,913 193,385 THE RATING OF TOWNS. Tha following is a list of towns of a total population of 2000 and more (including Maoris) placed in order of total population. The list excludes those boroughs which are part of the urban areas of large centres:—

Auckland City 102,086 96,627 Birkenhead Borough 3,399 3,,026 Northcote Borough 2,369 2,374 Takapuna Borough 7,259 6,075 Devonport Borough . 9,769 9,857 New Lynn Borough 3,491 2,736 Mpunt Albert Bor. ... 19,708 17,516 Mount Eden Borough 18,493 18,037 Newmarket Borough 3,000 3,211 One Tree Hill Bor. ... 8,015 7,171 Onehunga Borough ... 11,085 10,120 Otahuhu Borough 5,250 4,122 Ellerslie T.D 2,688 2,413 Mount Roskill R.D. ... 6,970 4,725 Mt. Wellington R.D. 1,679 1,027 Panmure Township R.D , 388 253 Remainder of area 6,264 4,095

Masterton 1936 Including Maoris . 9094 1926 Including Maoris 8135 Greymouth 8106 6782 Oamaru .. 7486 7003 Whangarei 7154 6343 Rotorua 6532 4699 Ashburton 5682 5079 Blenheim . 5045 4979 Hawera .. 4660 4528 Gore 4635 3915 Feilding 4543 4263 Dannevirke . 4387 4261 Thames 4266 4756 Westport .... -4238 3883 Waihi 3900 3826 Upper Hutt 3865 2856 Stratford 3754 3343 Tauranga 3393 2549 Lyttelton . 3264 3709 Marton 2735 2720 Hokitika 2714 2388 Levin .. . 2659 2456 Taumarunui . 2636 2403 Pukekohe 2536 2352 W.airoa 2519 2336 Te Kuiti 2491 2434 Papatoetoe . 2377 1607 Te Aroha . 2367 2324 Waimate 2313 2203 Rangiora 2239 2088 Te Awamutu 2224 1670 Cambridge 2199 2026 Taihape 2181 2423 Motueka . 2178 1510 Dargaville 2173 1979 Port Chalmers ... 2165 2569 Paeroa . 2147 1833 Mosgiel 2105 1940 Waipukurau 2048 1763 Bluff 2036 1606