CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 44., EDUCATION.—Return showing, inclusively and exclusively of Chinese and Aborigines, the Percentage of Population who could read and write, read only, or were unable to read or write, at the Census of 1881.
|
|
Total Population. |
Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. |
Chinese and Aborigines. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| All ages. |
Read and write |
67.48 |
68.30 |
66.48 |
68.54 |
70.18 |
66.63 |
0.90 |
0.95 |
0.26 |
| Read only |
6.56 |
5.89 |
7.40 |
6.67 |
6.03 |
7.41 |
0.28 |
0.28 |
0.26 |
| Cannot read |
25.96 |
25.81 |
26.12 |
24.79 |
23.79 |
25.96 |
98.82 |
98.77 |
99.48 |
| Under 5 years. |
Read and write |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Read only |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Cannot read |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| 5 and under 15. |
Read and write |
64.85 |
64.08 |
65.63 |
64.95 |
64.19 |
65.73 |
|
|
|
| Read only |
13.35 |
13.63 |
13.11 |
13.37 |
13.63 |
13.11 |
4.12 |
7.49 |
|
| Cannot read |
21.80 |
22.29 |
21.26 |
21.68 |
22.18 |
21.16 |
95.58 |
92.51 |
100.00 |
| 15 and upwards. |
Read and write |
85.44 |
85.00 |
86.04 |
87.47 |
88.45 |
86.21 |
0.90 |
0.92 |
0.66 |
| Read only |
5.38 |
4.34 |
6.78 |
5.51 |
4.51 |
6.79 |
0.16 |
0.14 |
0.66 |
| Cannot read |
9.18 |
10.66 |
7.18 |
7.02 |
7.04 |
7.00 |
98.94 |
98.94 |
98.68 |
| Unspecified. |
Read and write |
25.15 |
27.24 |
19.11 |
39.72 |
43.66 |
29.27 |
1.31 |
1.71 |
|
| Read only |
3.23 |
2.52 |
5.25 |
4.87 |
3.68 |
8.05 |
0.54 |
0.71 |
|
| Cannot read |
71.62 |
70.24 |
75.64 |
55.41 |
52.66 |
62.68 |
98.15 |
97.58 |
100.00 |