The demography of Tasmania

Abstract: The chief results of the Census of 1911 are now accessible, and this circumstance naturally suggests a review of Tasmanian demography. The returns, however, are still incomplete, and all that is attempted in this paper is to call attention to some of the more remarkable phennomena in Tasmanian population, leaving a fuller discussion until all the data are available. In relation to Migration, the seasonal fluctuations in Tasmanian migration are well known, but need emphasising as a warning against comparing the population at different times unless both estimates are for the same day of the year. By distributing the annual loss equally throughout the year, and taking it away from the migration figures, we get the average quarterly fluctuation for the last ten years.