CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 39., EDUCATION.—Return showing, at different Ages, the Percentage of Persons who could read and write, read only, or were unable to read or write, at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881 respectively.
1861. 1871. 1881.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read.
All ages 53.74 13.12 33.14 55.70 10.99 33.31 51.18 15.89 32.93 58.88 11.19 29.93 60.05 9.93 30.02 57.47 12.71 29.82 67.48 6.56 25.96 68.30 5.89 25.81 66.48 7.40 26.12
All ages, exclusive of children under 5 years & unspecified 65.27 15.95 18.78 67.31 13.29 19.40 62.60 19.44 17.96 70.33 12.94 16.73 70.77 11.33 17.90 69.78 14.94 15.28 79.39 7.73 12.88 79.38 6.84 13.78 79.41 8.84 11.75
Under 5 years 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.36 2.28 97.36 0.37 2.21 97.42 0.35 2.35 97.30 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
5 years and under 10 23.55 32.89 43.56 23.78 32.03 44.19 23.31 33.75 42.94 34.70 27.52 37.78 34.14 27.87 37.99 35.27 27.17 37.56 44.13 19.82 36.05 43.53 20.02 36.45 44.75 19.61 35.64
10 years and under 15 67.69 18.54 13.77 65.79 18.29 15.92 69.64 18.79 11.57 76.66 12.92 10.42 74.45 13.46 11.79 78.61 12.38 9.01 88.04 6.14 5.82 86.82 6.55 6.63 89.29 5.73 4.98
15 and under 20 78.53 10.80 10.67 75.85 10.88 13.27 81.09 10.73 8.18 84.61 7.31 8.08 81.28 8.34 10.38 87.86 6.30 5.84 92.04 3.04 4.92 89.71 3.76 6.53 94.44 2.31 3.25
20 and under 21 76.38 10.34 13.28 75.87 8.04 16.09 77.01 13.08 9.91 84.93 83.29 6.58 83.29 8.49 10.21 83.19 80.29 6.41 6.69 10.40 13.02 86.70 86.18 6.75 6.31 6.55 7.51 91.41 2.60 5.99 88.65 2.89 8.46 94.23 2.31 3.46
21 and under 25 85.34 6.60 8.06 83.88 6.34 9.78 86.84 6.86 6.30 92.87 2.57 4.56 92.33 2.57 5.10 93.53 2.55 3.92
25 and under 30 75.14 11.52 13.34 78.46 7.89 13.65 70.36 16.74 12.90 82.30 7.62 10.08 82.15 6.03 11.82 82.48 9.56 7.96 89.02 3.38 7.60 87.62 3.07 9.31 90.95 3.80 5.25
30 and under 40 74.55 11.92 13.53 78.31 7.99 13.70 68.46 18.29 13.25 76.59 9.37 14.04 77.93 6.20 15.87 74.55 14.20 11.25 85.45 5.10 9.45 84.77 3.98 11.25 86.40 6.68 6.92
40 and under 50 68.99 14.23 16.78 73.35 10.32 16.33 61.56 20.91 17.53 73.81 10.89 15.30 76.74 7.11 16.15 68.92 17.18 13.90 79.66 7.55 12.79 81.05 4.94 14.01 77.44 11.71 10.85
50 and upwards 63.00 14.54 22.46 65.45 12.31 22.24 57.62 19.42 22.96 66.29 14.11 19.60 69.75 10.56 16.69 60.10 20.47 19.43 73.75 10.68 15.57 77.10 7.24 15.66 68.23 16.36 15.41
Unspecified 4.42 0.76 94.82 3.30 0.41 96.29 37.68 11.16 51.16 39.33 4.47 56.20 41.38 4.15 54.47 34.10 5.30 60.60 25.15 3.23 71.62 27.24 2.51 70.25 19.11 5.19 75.70