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D. THE DECLINE OF RURAL POPULATION IN THE SOUTH ISLAND The relative decline of population in tlie South Island is of sufficient importance to warrant further analysis, particularly as, to whether that decline affects any particular section of the community or any particular part of the area. The following table shows the urban and rural populations in the various provinces as at the 1936and 1945 censuses :
Table No. 61. —Table showing the Urban and Rural Populations in the various Provinces of New Zealand at the 1936 and 1945 Censuses
Notes. —(1) For the purposes of the above table, the term " urban " includes the census population figures of all cities and boroughs of a popultion of 1,000 or over. The term " rural" includes th& balance of population within each Provincial district. (2) These figures are not exactly comparable with the figures given earlier in this Section as to the populations of counties and boroughs. In that table the population was divided purely in terms of the jurisdictional areas of counties and boroughs. In the present table the population is split up as between those urban areas which have over 1,000 population, and all other areas which are classified as " rural."
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1936 Census. Provincial District. Total Population. Urban Population. Rural Population. Urban Population Percentage of Total Population. Rural Population Percentage of Total Population. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington 546,970 76,968 77,652 316,446 294,041 42,465 32,658 230,583 252,929 34,503 44,994 85,863 53-8 55-2 42-1 72-9 46-2 44-8 57-9 27-1 North Island totals 1,018,036 599,747 418,289 58-9 41 1 Marlborough Nelson .. ' Westland Canterbury Otago (including Southland) 19,149 59,481 18,676 234,399 "224,069 6,417 22,665 9,980 143,111 125,021 12,732 36,810 8,696 91,288 99,048 33-5 38-1 53-4 61 1 55-8 66-5 61-9 46-6 38-9 44-2 South Island totals 555,774 307,194 248,580 55-3 44-7 Totals 1,573,810 906,941 666,869 57-6 42-4 1945 Census. Provincial District. Total Population. Urban Population. Rural Population. Urban Population Percentage of Total Population. Rural Population Percentage of Total Population. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington 640,971 79,084 76,833 349,404 357,447 46,639 35,118 260,449 283,524 32,445 41,715 88,955 55-8 59-0 45-7 74-5 44-2 41-0 54-3 25-5 North Island totals 1,146,292" 699,653 446,639 61-0 39-0 Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago (including Southland) 20,737 57,201 17,007 246,848 214,213 7,357 26.131 9,980 158,114 128,591 13,380 31,070 7,027 88,734 85,622 35-5 45-7 58-7 64:1 60-0 64-5 54-3 41-3 35-9 40-0 South Island totals 556,006 330,173 225,833 59-4 40-6 Totals 1,702,298 1,029,826 672,472 60-5 | 39-5