Census and musters

While most Tasmanian census returns have not survived, some are available for the years 1837, 1838, 1842, 1843, 1848, 1851, and 1857. These have been indexed and are available in the Index to census records 1837 - 1857 database. Many of these years do not have complete returns and the information collected does vary.

The main set of returns includes the name of the householder, name of employer of servants, name of person in charge, place of residence, the name of the head of the house or establishment, its proprietor, whether the house was built of stone, brick, or of wood, whether it was complete or unfinished, whether it was inhabited or not, when the proprietor was present, number of persons generally residing there, and the number of these persons who were free. The return also contains a statistical form showing the age (within ranges), sex, religion, occupation, civil condition and trade or calling of the persons residing in the house.

Search the Index to census records 1837 - 1857 database now.

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Listed here is a selection of further resources.

Australia

Date range	Title	Resource type
1788-1828	The paracensus of Australia 1788-1828 / James Hugh Donohoe	CD-ROM
19thC	Checklist of nineteenth century Australian colonial statistical sources: censuses, blue books and statistical registers / edited by Ann E. Miller	Print
1800-1802	Musters and lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island, 1800-1802 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1802-1822	Van Diemen's Land records: Exiled three times over! and Land musters, stock returns and lists / reproduced with permission of Irene Schaffer	CD-ROM
1802-1822	Land musters, stock returns and lists: Van Diemen's Land 1803-1822 / [edited by Irene Schaffer]	CD-ROM
1805-1806	Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island, 1805-1806 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1811	Musters: [New South Wales, Wilberforce, Hobart Town, Port Dalrymple and Norfolk Island] / [Colonial Secretary's Office, New South Wales]	Microfilm
1811	General musters of New South Wales, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land 1811 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1814	General muster of New South Wales, 1814 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1818-1825	Musters: [New South Wales, Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple, 1818-1825] / [Colonial Secretary's Office, New South Wales]	Microfilm
1819-1822	Musters: [Van Diemen's Land, Port Dalrymple and Hobart Town 1819-1822] / [Colonial Secretary's Office, New South Wales]	Microfilm
1822	General muster and land and stock muster of New South Wales 1822 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1823-1825	General muster list of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825 / edited by Carol J. Baxter	Print
1828	1828 census of New South Wales / ed. by Keith Johnson & Malcolm Sainty	CD-ROM
1837-1857	Index to Census Records 1837-1857, Tasmania	View Online
-	Certificates, census and musters: (Australia & the British Isles) / Janet Reakes	Print

United Kingdom

Date range	Title	Resource type
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891	English and Welsh census (via Ancestry Library)	View Online
1881	English and Welsh census (via FamilySearch)	View Online
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales	View Online
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales	View Online
-	Making use of the census / Susan Lumas	Print