The following table shows the proportion of unmarried, married, and widowed persons, males and females, of the age of fifteen years and upwards, to the total population of either sex at those ages :—
|
|
No. |
Proportion per cent, to total of either sex of fifteen years and upwards. |
| Unmarried |
Bachelors |
14,625 |
39.31 |
| Spinsters |
10,314 |
30.12 |
| Married |
Husbands |
21,606 |
58.08 |
| Wives |
21,880 |
63.89 |
| Widowed |
Widowers |
971 |
2.61 |
| Widows |
2,050 |
5.99 |