CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 50., SOCIAL CONDITION.—Return showing the Percentage of the Unmarried, Married, and Widowed, at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881, respectively, and the percentage of Increase or Decrease of the same, as compared with the Total Increase of Population in the two decennial periods 1861-1871 and 1871-1881.

Social Condition.	1861.			1871.			1881.			Percentage of Total Increase.
										Decennial period, 1861-1871.			Decennial period, 1871-1881.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Unmarried	63.79	65.90	61.04	66.62	69.76	62.83	67.17	70.32	63.38	73.11	79.72	66.42	68.31	71.37	64.51
Married	31.12	28.05	35.12	29.90	27.51	32.78	29.02	26.81	31.69	27.11	26.12	28.10	27.22	25.38	29.45
Widowed	3.00	2.41	3.77	3.28	2.44	4.29	3.46	2.41	4.72	3.92	2.53	5.32	3.83	2.37	5.61
Unspecified	2.09	3.64	0.07	0.20	0.29	0.10	0.35	0.46	0.21	4.14decrease	8.37decrease	0.16	0.64	0.88	0.43