| The
following information about the population of Orford was provided by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In the
1961 Census there were 150 dwellings listed for Orford. Seventy-six
were occupied and seventy-four were unoccupied. The following table
gives a comparison with nowadays. It
shows that our town has grown a lot in the past thirty-five years but more
than half the houses are only holiday residences.
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Occupied
Dwellings
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Unoccupied
Dwellings
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Total
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1961
Census
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76
|
74
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150
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1996
Census
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208
|
311
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519
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Most houses
in Orford had sewerage in the 1960s and there was a storm drain in Charles
St. Smaller streets had open drains which led to the Prosser River.
The sewer was emptied at three points into the Prosser River as well as
in to the sea at Front Beach (now known as Millington’s) and at Raspins
Beach. |
