CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1871.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 20., AGES.—Return showing, at different periods of age, the Percentage of Population in the Rural and Urban parts of the Colony, at the Census of 1871.
| Ages. |
Sydney and Suburbs. |
Towns and Villages of 100 Inhabitants and over. |
Total Urban. |
Total Rural. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| All specified ages |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Under 5 years |
15.79 |
16.48 |
15.14 |
16.45 |
15.90 |
17.05 |
16.07 |
16.22 |
15.91 |
16.64 |
14.56 |
19.52 |
| 5 and under 15 |
24.52 |
25.06 |
24.01 |
26.16 |
24.39 |
28.14 |
25.22 |
24.76 |
25.69 |
25.91 |
23.06 |
29.86 |
| 15 and under 60 |
55.95 |
54.35 |
57.45 |
52.92 |
53.85 |
51.88 |
54.66 |
54.13 |
55.19 |
53.51 |
57.48 |
47.99 |
| 60 and upwards |
3.74 |
4.11 |
3.40 |
4.47 |
5.86 |
2.93 |
4.05 |
4.89 |
3.21 |
3.94 |
4.90 |
2.63 |