EDUCATION. ABSTRACT of the Returns of the POPULATION in the CITY of SYDNEY and SUBURBS, on the 1st March, 1856, classified with reference to the degree of PRIMARY EDUCATION.

WARD OR SUBURB.	FEMALES.
	UNDER 4 YEARS.	4 AND UNDER 7 YEARS.			7 AND UNDER 14 YEARS.			14 AND UNDER 21 YEARS.			21 AND UNDER 45 YEARS.			45 AND UPWARDS.			TOTAL.
	Cannot Read.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.
Gipps Ward	383	161	84	18	93	139	378	45	76	500	224	226	1,042	57	49	195	963	574	2,133
Brisbane Ward	319	164	61	14	106	169	284	71	66	458	221	220	896	60	37	164	941	553	1,816
Bourke Ward	216	112	40	13	75	79	289	76	69	446	142	144	917	29	25	166	650	357	1,831
Phillip Ward	796	416	122	27	207	305	646	96	165	784	373	429	1,760	134	108	333	2,022	1,129	3,550
Macquarie Ward	229	98	43	13	43	91	292	35	58	401	119	122	751	31	26	140	555	340	1,597
Cook Ward	794	388	164	48	128	282	926	94	138	1,111	296	370	2,657	81	78	466	1,781	1,032	5,208
CITY	2,737	1,339	514	133	652	1,065	2,815	417	572	3,700	1,375	1,511	8,023	392	323	1,464	6,912	3,985	16,135
Balmain, El. Hamlet	150	65	29	9	21	35	163	12	27	180	22	60	371	12	8	66	282	159	789
Camperdown, E.H.	58	28	11	2	9	28	58	6	7	55	23	31	101	9	6	18	133	83	234
Canterbury	29	12	7		5	10	23		1	15	11	17	45	3	4	13	60	39	96
Chippendale, E.H.	59	27	11		13	20	42	3	7	25	24	30	108	3	5	21	129	73	196
Globe, E.H.	229	97	37	6	30	70	171	10	31	172	62	83	474	13	17	92	441	238	915
Newtown	103	52	22	3	10	38	73	9	8	76	36	58	214	14	8	40	224	134	406
O'Connell Town, E.H.	64	23	17	4	8	22	64	7	7	82	14	23	156	5	4	37	121	73	343
Paddington, E.H.	141	78	31	6	27	59	169	12	30	185	49	68	410	16	10	102	323	198	872
Redfern, E.H.	164	51	29	4	10	53	147	14	25	136	39	76	343	16	16	58	294	199	688
St. Leonard's, E.H.	30	18	4	1	7	12	21	1	5	31	12	14	51	3	3	11	71	38	115
Surry Hills, E.H.	23	11	4	5	1	9	31		6	39	8	10	77	1	2	17	44	31	169
SUBURBS	1,050	462	202	40	141	356	962	74	154	996	300	470	2,350	95	83	475	2,122	1,265	4,823
CITY AND SUBURBS	3,787	1,801	716	173	793	1,421	3,777	491	726	4,696	1,675	1,981	10,373	487	406	1,939	9,034	5,250	20,958