CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 49., SOCIAL CONDITION.—Return showing the numbers of the Unmarried, Married and Widowed People, at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881 respectively, and the Increase or Decrease of the same in the two decennial periods 1861-1871 and 1871-1881.

Social Condition.	Population.									Increase or Decrease in the Decennial Period 1861-1871.									Increase or Decrease in the Decennial Period 1871-1881.
	1861.			1871.			1881.			Numerical.			Centesimal.			Centesimal Annual Average.			Numerical.			Centesimal.			Centesimal Annual Average.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	350,860	198,488	152,372	503,981	275,551	228,430	751,468	411,149	340,319	153,121	77,063	76,058	43.64	38.82	49.91	4.36	3.88	4.99	247,487	135,598	111,889	49.11	49.21	48.98	4.91	4.92	4.90
Unmarried	223,802	130,795	93,007	335,751	192,229	143,522	504,810	289,109	215,701	111,949	61,434	50,515	50.02	46.97	54.31	5.00	4.70	5.43	169,059	96,880	72,179	50.49	50.39	50.29	5.05	5.04	5.03
Married	109,188	55,679	53,509	150,692	75,810	74,882	218,051	110,218	107,833	41,504	20,131	21,373	38.01	34.36	39.94	3.80	3.44	3.99	67,359	34,408	32,951	44.70	45.37	44.00	4.47	4.54	4.40
Widowed	10,520	4,781	5,739	16,519	6,730	9,789	26,002	9,938	16,064	5,999	1,949	4,050	57.02	40.93	70.57	5.70	4.09	7.06	9,483	3,208	6,275	57.40	47.66	64.10	5.74	4.77	6.41
Unspecified	7,350	*7231	117	1,019	782	237	2,605	1,884	721	6331 decrease	6451 decrease	120	86.14	89.19	102.57	8.61	8.92	10.26	1,586	1,102	484	155.64	140.92	204.22	15.56	14.09	20.42