EDUCATION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION of the several TOWNS and VILLAGES, at the 1st March, 1856, classified with reference to the degree of ELEMENTARY EDUCATION attained.
TOWNS. MALES.
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.
Aberdeen 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 16 1 4 9 2 24
Albury 39 16 7 7 16 25 5 2 29 14 14 167 10 7 45 91 46 266
Appin 9 2 3 1 1 15 4 2 1 21 4 4 7 18 9 47
Armidale 46 24 6 3 19 22 45 2 1 30 33 16 158 20 12 54 144 57 290
Bathurst 202 76 35 15 22 62 178 19 13 150 69 75 532 62 28 211 450 213 1,086
Berrima 12 1 3 4 16 11 1 1 30 6 1 15 20 6 75
Binalong 14 5 3 2 2 13 3 1 6 9 5 41 6 3 9 39 14 69
Bombala 21 15 4 1 6 8 19 4 10 11 3 51 7 2 16 64 17 97
Braidwood 33 8 8 2 6 8 28 7 1 21 11 6 93 6 3 35 71 26 179
Brisbane 222 73 33 9 24 39 137 6 6 118 93 54 557 21 5 107 439 137 928
Brisbane Suburbs 120 42 17 5 23 26 65 6 6 56 35 29 229 6 6 52 232 84 407
Bungendore 7 6 1 7 2 4 3 1 5 1 7 19 6 4 8 30 15 36
Bungonia 7 5 1 1 1 3 13 9 1 1 8 1 2 8 15 7 39
Camden 29 15 11 2 2 1 29 2 2 22 10 6 70 7 3 15 65 23 138
Campbelltown 46 24 9 1 6 8 39 3 2 22 3 5 78 2 3 37 84 27 177
Carcoar 21 7 6 4 1 28 4 2 20 12 5 70 4 1 22 52 9 146
Clarence Town 20 17 4 1 2 3 24 1 1 8 3 7 44 1 13 44 15 90
Cooma 9 5 3 2 4 6 8 3 4 7 1 28 2 1 12 27 14 54
Dalby 7 1 2 3 2 5 1 31 3 15 1 39
Dalkeith 11 2 1 3 5 1 5 2 14 1 7 14 7 31
Deniliquin 6 8 2 4 1 2 2 6 11 4 48 2 1 7 31 11 62
Drayton 27 1 2 1 7 4 8 2 1 13 24 3 53 2 16 63 10 91
Dungog 25 19 3 1 3 7 30 2 1 17 5 2 42 5 2 15 59 15 105
Eden 10 4 2 3 2 10 7 4 5 75 3 1 15 24 10 107
Emu 9 4 3 4 2 6 1 10 2 12 1 10 21 5 38
Gayndah 5 1 4 3 1 5 3 16 1 51 2 2 8 24 8 70
Geringong 7 2 1 4 1 1 16 1 3 10 2 24
Gladstone 12 7 1 2 4 3 2 5 5 101 3 1 6 31 8 113
Gosford, E. 7 3 1 2 14 1 1 6 1 26 4 17 15 4 64
Gosford, W. 8 4 1 4 8 3 1 5 12 2 1 8 15 11 31
Goulburn 99 62 22 3 5 36 107 5 4 69 30 29 288 29 16 91 230 107 558
Grafton 50 28 4 19 10 41 2 3 30 12 4 118 6 40 117 21 229
Gunning 11 6 2 2 7 3 1 6 1 1 22 2 5 23 10 36
Gundagal, N. 12 9 2 1 4 6 2 2 3 5 9 5 47 5 9 15 41 25 70
Gundagal, S. 14 3 2 5 4 1 1 1 5 3 1 22 2 7 26 10 35
Hartley 7 5 10 1 1 37 7 8 6 54
Haydon Town 10 7 2 10 6 10 36 5 13 32 2 65
Hexham 6 5 5 3 14 2 8 3 1 22 2 7 21 6 51
Hinton 21 21 2 2 8 7 18 2 27 14 5 48 4 5 28 70 19 123
Ipswich 167 65 17 5 42 44 83 13 12 122 105 51 525 16 15 65 408 139 800
Jugiong 9 5 1 1 7 2 3 4 5 17 2 1 4 32 4 25
Kelso 24 12 10 4 12 21 8 14 5 9 42 7 3 21 52 42 98
Kempsey 9 2 4 1 3 11 5 1 8 2 9 15 7 33
Kiama 31 16 6 9 6 18 2 2 20 1 3 84 5 2 22 64 19 144
Liverpool 33 14 10 4 11 4 42 6 4 35 9 8 85 8 5 40 81 31 206
Macquarie (Port) 31 13 5 2 5 4 39 1 1 13 5 4 64 12 4 38 67 18 156
Maitland, E. 78 45 21 4 17 32 110 18 9 87 50 19 232 18 12 97 226 93 530
Maitland, W. 298 120 55 9 51 90 245 22 12 199 70 35 744 59 17 226 620 209 1,423
Maryborough 20 9 4 1 5 5 10 2 18 7 5 125 4 1 24 47 15 178
Merriwa 15 12 6 2 9 1 11 6 4 26 4 3 14 43 10 60
Morpeth 81 49 11 4 19 30 86 5 9 75 38 27 221 30 10 70 222 87 456
Moruya 12 7 1 3 2 3 13 2 4 2 2 20 1 9 24 8 49
Mudgee 51 28 6 5 25 7 43 12 3 41 18 10 134 18 1 59 152 27 282
Murrurundi 10 4 3 2 4 11 2 23 2 1 8 18 4 48
Muswellbrook 23 15 3 2 7 15 26 4 3 21 10 9 52 8 3 40 67 33 141
Narrellan 13 3 2 4 7 5 1 4 1 2 14 2 1 8 23 13 31
Newcastle 72 32 10 3 12 28 73 7 2 69 26 10 364 10 5 86 159 55 595
Orange 17 12 5 1 1 9 12 7 5 3 43 7 2 10 42 19 73
Panbula 19 10 4 6 13 1 1 2 1 30 2 2 6 37 10 50
Parramatta 274 166 35 18 79 91 388 19 7 257 135 45 743 131 51 385 804 229 1,791
Paterson 17 12 3 8 17 13 7 3 50 5 2 19 49 8 99
Penrith 22 10 7 2 7 11 28 3 2 17 8 1 80 12 3 39 62 24 166
Picton 7 7 1 1 7 1 4 3 21 2 10 18 4 42
Picton Upper 6 1 2 4 3 5 3 1 10 4 3 7 16 8 25
Pitt Town 17 4 1 2 8 14 1 2 7 7 3 15 2 1 9 33 15 45
Queanbeyan 35 22 3 12 12 32 3 2 16 13 5 79 6 5 24 91 27 151
Raymond Terrace 45 12 6 1 5 10 40 1 19 11 4 87 9 4 15 82 25 162
Richmond 61 34 5 15 19 57 6 2 50 11 14 101 21 11 45 148 51 253
St. Alban's 7 2 1 1 1 2 11 1 4 3 11 1 2 12 5 29
St. Aubin's 2 4 1 1 3 10 5 4 2 24 6 1 7 17 7 46
St. Mary's 13 11 1 1 5 7 13 3 1 10 4 3 27 2 1 11 38 13 62
Scone 15 7 2 4 6 12 2 1 8 5 5 43 4 1 13 37 15 76
Singleton 43 17 11 2 6 15 44 1 3 32 12 6 103 15 2 44 94 37 225
Sofala 33 16 4 2 10 28 2 1 15 13 8 152 5 36 71 23 231
Stockton 7 9 3 7 1 3 1 3 3 4 2 20 2 1 4 30 10 30
Stroud 18 15 5 3 4 7 16 1 2 19 17 3 54 6 2 18 61 19 110
Tamworth 25 21 3 1 7 7 11 3 10 18 4 98 7 4 28 81 18 148
Tenterfield 9 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 2 15 1 24 1 9 31 9 40
Tinonee 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 16 1 1 6 10 9 23
Tumut 15 5 5 7 6 16 1 2 15 11 3 47 8 3 9 47 19 87
Wagga Wagga, N. 6 5 2 4 2 1 2 5 4 2 19 1 4 3 19 12 29
Wagga Wagga, S. 20 10 4 1 3 4 18 4 4 7 10 9 35 8 1 14 55 22 75
Warwick 40 15 8 1 4 7 18 2 13 11 6 120 5 19 77 21 171
Warialda 2 3 1 1 4 3 18 2 3 9 6 22
Wellingrove 8 3 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 14 3 3 16 4 26
Wellington 17 6 4 5 6 8 3 5 8 5 38 4 1 17 43 16 68
Windsor 99 47 14 4 17 33 115 17 14 99 28 23 210 57 28 102 265 112 530
Wingham 2 1 2 5 1 3 3 3 8
Wollombi 7 5 2 2 2 11 1 10 1 27 3 4 19 4 62
Wollongong 44 22 8 2 8 13 72 2 42 4 10 130 7 4 59 87 35 305
Yass 37 18 11 3 13 17 42 3 5 26 15 7 103 10 3 44 96 43 218
Total in Country Towns 3,196 1,526 526 150 672 942 2,904 268 190 2,238 1,229 701 8,710 813 356 2,875 7,704 2,715 16,877
Total in Sydney & Suburbs 3,736 1,834 634 170 743 1,122 3,766 172 151 3,397 865 624 12,589 495 289 3,344 7,845 2,820 23,266
Total Urban Population 6,932 3,360 1,160 320 1,415 2,064 6,670 440 341 5,635 2,094 1,325 21,299 1,308 645 6,219 15,549 5,535 40,143
Total Rural & Pastoral parts 8,818 5,193 948 198 4,591 3,602 5,005 1,767 1,304 6,308 6,187 3,310 24,249 4,143 1,644 8,597 30,699 10,808 44,357
TOTAL IN THE COLONY 15,750 8,553 2,108 518 6,006 5,666 11,675 2,207 1,645 11,942 8,281 4,635 45,548 5,451 2,289 14,816 46,248 16,343 84,500