CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—EDUCATION., TABLE III.—The Number of Persons, at various Age-groups, who could read and write, read only, or who were unable to read at the last four Census Periods.
Ages.		Total.				Read and Write.				Read Only.				Cannot Read.
Ages.		1871.	1881.	1891.	1901.	1871.	1881.	1891.	1901.	1871.	1881.	1891.	1901.	1871.	1881.	1891.	1901.
All ages	Males	275,551	411,149	608,003	710,005	165,459	280,831	458,543	562,286	27,365	24,190	21,429	14,567	82,727	106,128	128,031	133,152
All ages	Females	228,430	340,319	515,951	644,841	131,282	226,236	377,027	509,653	29,026	25,182	22,107	15,158	68,122	88,901	116,817	120,030
Under 5 years	Males	41,650	56,169	83,640	80,318	154				919		717		40,577	56,169	82,923	80,318
Under 5 years	Females	40,334	54,954	81,354	73,564	141				947		748		39,246	54,954	80,606	78,564
5 and under 10	Males	36,008	50,402	71,511	84,199	12,258	21,749	38,463	46,381	9,997	10,006	10,256	7,729	13,753	18,647	23,792	30,089
5 and under 10	Females	34,789	49,415	70,977	81,957	12,246	22,002	38,687	46,253	9,429	9,649	9,372	7,156	13,114	17,764	22,918	28,548
10 and under 13	Males	29,211	45,219	61,840	81,592	21,817	39,202	59,762	79,823	3,924	2,957	964	593	3,470	3,060	1,114	1,176
10 and under 13	Females	28,578	43,462	60,867	80,107	22,455	38,782	59,328	78,730	3,536	2,488	783	456	2,587	2,192	756	921
15 and under 20	Males	21,140	38,299	53,931	70,572	17,169	34,302	52,458	69,352	1,761	1,437	453	269	2,210	2,560	1,020	951
15 and under 20	Females	21,578	37,602	54,160	70,746	8,953	35,484	53,497	70,163	1,360	870	205	121	1,265	1,248	458	462
20 and under 25	Males	21,321	40,182	57,666	63,104	17,721	36,768	55,261	61,644	1,365	1,058	639	287	2,235	2,356	1,766	1,173
20 and under 25	Females	21,037	34,516	53,133	64,892	18,233	32,316	52,008	64,295	1,420	863	326	125	1,384	1,337	799	472
25 and under 30	Males	23,987	35,190	59,752	56,851	19,687	30,763	56,684	55,068	1,445	1,079	808	280	2,855	3,348	2,260	1,503
25 and under 30	Females	19,722	25,521	46,673	56,121	16,259	23,191	45,035	55,377	1,884	971	552	174	1,579	1,359	1,086	570
30 and under 40	Males	42,982	56,950	92,171	105,530	33,454	48,147	85,985	100,005	2,661	2,258	1,807	980	6,867	6,545	4,379	4,545
30 and under 40	Females	28,147	40,403	63,534	88,413	20,970	34,873	59,386	85,977	3,994	2,700	1,683	661	3,183	2,830	2,465	1,775
40 and over	Males	59,252	88,738	126,492	167,839	43,199	69,900	109,930	150,013	5,293	5,395	5,785	4,429	10,760	13,443	10,777	13,397
40 and over	Females	34,245	54,446	85,253	124,041	22,025	39,588	69,086	108,858	6,456	7,641	8,438	6,465	5,764	7,217	7,729	8,718
5 years and over	Males	233,901	354,980	524,363	629,687	165,305	280,831	458,543	562,286	26,446	24,190	20,712	14,567	42,150	49,959	45,108	52,834
5 years and over	Females	188,096	285,365	434,597	566,277	131,141	226,236	377,027	509,653	28,079	25,182	21,359	15,158	28,876	33,947	36,211	41,466
5 and under 15	Males	65,219	95,621	134,351	165,791	34,075	60,951	98,225	126,204	13,921	12,963	11,220	8,322	17,223	21,707	24,906	31,265
5 and under 15	Females	63,367	92,877	131,844	162,064	34,701	60,784	98,015	124,983	12,965	12,137	10,155	7,612	15,701	19,956	23,674	29,469
15 and over	Males	108,682	259,359	390,012	463,896	131,230	219,880	360,318	436,082	12,525	11,227	9,492	6,245	24,927	28,252	20,202	21,569
15 and over	Females	124,729	192,488	302,753	404,213	96,440	165,452	279,012	384,670	15,114	13,045	11,204	7,546	13,175	13,991	12,537	11,997
Under 21 years	Males	132,146	197,688	283,044	329,533	54,716	101,973	161,392	208,153	16,877	14,619	12,488	8,642	60,553	81,096	109,164	112,738
Under 21 years	Females	129,575	192,840	278,142	324,833	57,495	103,244	162,125	208,492	15,543	13,178	11,162	7,759	56,537	76,418	104,855	108,582
21 and over	Males	143,405	213,461	324,959	380,472	110,743	178,858	297,151	354,133	10,488	9,571	8,941	5,925	22,174	25,032	18,867	20,414
21 and over	Females	98,855	147,479	237,809	320,008	73,787	122,992	214,902	301,161	13,483	12,004	10,945	7,399	11,585	12,483	11,962	11,448