CENSUS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 1891. TABLE III.—COMPARYTIVE STATEMENT showing the POPULATION at the Date of the CENSUSof 1871, 1881, and 1891, the NUMBER who could READ AND WRITE, READ ONLY, and UNABLE TO READ, at CERTAIN PERIODS of AGE, together with the PROPORTIONS PER CENT.respectively(exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| READ AND WRITE. |
READ ONLY. |
CANNOT READ. |
| 1891. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
| No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
No. |
Per Cent. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 236,514 |
73.81 |
21,123 |
11.38 |
15,267 |
5.46 |
9,571 |
2.99 |
49,257 |
26.54 |
64,541 |
23.06 |
74,346 |
23.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,575 |
100.00 |
41,684 |
100.00 |
45,281 |
100.00 |
| 58,291 |
72.05 |
11,943 |
22.41 |
7,926 |
11.82 |
4,618 |
5.71 |
11,871 |
22.28 |
12,483 |
18.62 |
17,988 |
22.24 |
| 36,304 |
97.68 |
1,109 |
5.38 |
782 |
2.20 |
164 |
0.44 |
828 |
4.01 |
740 |
2.08 |
699 |
1.88 |
| 141,919 |
90.34 |
8,071 |
9.95 |
6,559 |
4.84 |
4,789 |
3.05 |
5,983 |
7.37 |
9,634 |
7.10 |
10,378 |
6.61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2,228 |
12.21 |
4,121 |
32.04 |
2,942 |
20.33 |
1,857 |
10.18 |
7,202 |
56.00 |
9,119 |
63.03 |
14,160 |
77.61 |
| 41,495 |
86.84 |
7,042 |
22.41 |
4,630 |
11.67 |
2,667 |
5.58 |
4,273 |
13.60 |
3,133 |
7.90 |
3,620 |
7.58 |
| 50,872 |
97.76 |
1,889 |
6.38 |
1,136 |
2.35 |
258 |
0.50 |
1,224 |
4.13 |
971 |
2.00 |
907 |
1.74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 122,583 |
73.49 |
9,640 |
10.10 |
7,259 |
4.86 |
4,176 |
2.50 |
25,156 |
26.37 |
34,917 |
23.35 |
40,042 |
24.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,492 |
100.00 |
21,028 |
100.00 |
23,015 |
100.00 |
| 29,519 |
72.01 |
5,972 |
22.26 |
4,068 |
12.10 |
2,331 |
5.69 |
6,126 |
22.84 |
6,414 |
19.08 |
9,139 |
22.30 |
| 17,839 |
96.54 |
613 |
6.08 |
507 |
2.88 |
107 |
0.58 |
527 |
5.23 |
489 |
2.77 |
532 |
2.88 |
| 75,225 |
89.22 |
3,055 |
7.10 |
2,684 |
3.47 |
1,738 |
2.06 |
3,011 |
7.01 |
6,986 |
9.04 |
7,356 |
8.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,142 |
12.42 |
2,062 |
32.04 |
1,495 |
20.53 |
929 |
10.11 |
3,606 |
56.04 |
4,624 |
63.49 |
7,122 |
77.47 |
| 21,025 |
86.64 |
3,477 |
21.98 |
2,335 |
11.79 |
1,351 |
5.57 |
2,270 |
14.36 |
1,647 |
8.31 |
1,891 |
7.79 |
| 25,191 |
96.86 |
1,046 |
7.13 |
745 |
3.08 |
158 |
0.61 |
777 |
5.30 |
632 |
2.62 |
658 |
2.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 113,921 |
74.16 |
11,483 |
12.73 |
8,008 |
6.14 |
5,395 |
3.51 |
24,101 |
26.71 |
29,624 |
22.73 |
34,304 |
22.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,083 |
100.00 |
20,656 |
100.00 |
22,266 |
100.00 |
| 28,772 |
72.10 |
5,971 |
22.56 |
3,858 |
11.54 |
2,287 |
5.73 |
5,745 |
21.71 |
6,069 |
18.16 |
8,849 |
22.17 |
| 18,465 |
98.80 |
496 |
4.71 |
275 |
1.54 |
57 |
0.31 |
301 |
2.85 |
251 |
1.40 |
167 |
0.89 |
| 66,694 |
91.65 |
5,016 |
13.15 |
3,875 |
6.64 |
3,051 |
4.20 |
2,972 |
7.80 |
2,648 |
4.54 |
3,022 |
4.15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,088 |
12.00 |
2,059 |
32.04 |
1,447 |
20.14 |
928 |
10.25 |
3,596 |
55.96 |
4,495 |
62.56 |
7,038 |
77.75 |
| 20,470 |
87.05 |
3,565 |
22.84 |
2,295 |
11.56 |
1,316 |
5.60 |
2,003 |
12.84 |
1,486 |
7.48 |
1,729 |
7.35 |
| 25,681 |
98.66 |
843 |
5.63 |
391 |
1.61 |
100 |
0.38 |
447 |
2.98 |
339 |
1.40 |
249 |
0.96 |