CENSUS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 1891., TABLE IV.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBER of MALES and FEMALES, at STATED PERIODS OF AGE, in the under mentioned DIVISIONS of the PROVINCE, who can READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and CANNOT READ, at DATES of CENSUS, 1881 and 1891 respectively.
PERIODS OF AGE.		THE PROVINCE.								CITY OF ADELAIDE.
		Persons.		Read and Write.		Read Only.		Cannot Read.		Persons.		Read and Write.		Read Only.
		1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.	1881.	1891.
All ages.	M	149,530	166,801	107,354	122,583	7,259	4,176	34,917	40,042	19,104	17,932	15,012	14,405	706	377
All ages.	F	130,335	153,630	92,703	113,931	8,008	5,395	29,624	34,304	19,375	19,905	14,903	15,974	857	586
Under 5 years	M	21,028	23,015					21,028	23,015	2,318	2,081
Under 5 years	F	20,656	22,266					20,656	22,266	2,441	2,183
5 years	M	3,782	4,693	303	170	603	327	2,876	4,196	411	432	21	43	56	33
5 years	F	3,644	4,487	278	144	565	300	2,801	4,043	426	435	35	33	54	25
6 years	M	3,501	4,500	861	972	892	602	1,748	2,926	355	416	81	136	98	63
6 years	F	3,541	4,565	965	942	882	628	1,694	2,995	410	429	114	138	97	60
7 years	M	3,458	4,401	1,850	2,703	841	611	767	1,087	410	388	223	242	114	68
7 years	F	3,519	4,336	1,983	2,649	837	639	699	1,048	389	430	227	273	84	58
8 years	M	3,347	4,083	2,378	3,353	597	367	372	363	369	382	271	325	63	27
8 years	F	3,335	3,942	2,424	3,258	568	346	343	338	366	382	283	328	56	23
9 years	M	3,319	4,150	2,748	3,762	351	185	220	203	355	399	305	374	29	16
9 years	F	3,318	3,937	2,727	3,589	384	176	207	172	401	409	351	378	35	20
10 years	M	3,293	4,062	2,922	3,867	247	92	124	103	385	388	368	379	13	6
10 years	F	3,309	3,969	2,983	3,801	237	77	89	91	381	429	355	417	19	8
11 years	M	3,142	3,849	2,880	3,711	168	66	94	72	320	386	307	373	7	8
11 years	F	3,138	3,693	2,887	3,610	166	41	85	42	398	396	382	392	9	3
12 years	M	3,252	3,722	3,051	3,629	131	30	70	63	368	345	356	339	8	4
12 years	F	3,240	3,638	3,074	3,563	103	37	63	38	404	357	396	351	6	4
13 years	M	3,309	3,513	3,116	3,451	122	22	71	40	398	351	380	345	7	3
13 years	F	3,260	3,529	3,147	3,479	65	15	48	35	432	389	427	387	2
14 years	M	3,211	4,016	3,023	3,901	116	29	72	86	376	403	367	397	5	5
14 years	F	3,121	3,812	3,030	3,737	51	28	40	47	438	477	426	469	6	5
5 and under 15 years	M	33,614	40,989	23,132	29,519	4,068	2,331	6,414	9,139	3,747	3,890	2,679	2,953	400	233
5 and under 15 years	F	33,425	39,908	23,498	28,772	3,858	2,287	6,069	8,849	4,045	4,133	2,996	3,166	368	206
15 and under 20 years	M	14,801	15,363	13,960	14,937	454	89	387	337	1,966	1,767	1,914	1,738	23	11
15 and under 20 years	F	14,991	15,617	14,567	15,440	231	45	193	132	2,474	2,152	2,410	2,140	35	6
20 and under 21 years	M	2,833	3,115	2,678	2,902	53	18	102	195	439	374	427	369	6	2
20 and under 21 years	F	2,906	3,072	2,804	3,025	44	12	58	35	521	521	497	515	12	2
15 and under 21 years	M	17,634	18,478	16,638	17,839	507	107	489	532	2,405	2,141	2,341	2,107	29	13
15 and under 21 years	F	17,897	18,689	17,371	18,465	275	57	251	167	2,995	2,673	2,907	2,655	47	8
Under 21 years	M	72,276	82,482	39,770	47,358	4,575	2,438	27,931	32,686	8,470	8,112	5,020	5,060	429	246
Under 21 years	F	71,978	80,863	40,869	47,237	4,133	2,344	26,976	31,282	9,481	8,989	5,903	5,821	415	214
21 and under 25 years	M	14,074	12,265	12,594	11,373	292	125	1,188	767	2,021	1,590	1,972	1,548	27	10
21 and under 25 years	F	10,938	11,851	10,554	11,639	195	57	189	155	2,037	1,976	1,966	1,943	25	8
25 and under 30 years	M	15,032	14,400	13,455	12,869	277	131	1,300	1,400	2,260	1,656	2,191	1,607	24	6
25 and under 30 years	F	10,195	12,937	9,716	12,557	250	121	229	259	1,758	2,000	1,694	1,952	31	18
30 and under 35 years	M	10,965	13,426	9,412	11,981	251	160	1,302	1,285	1,415	1,432	1,356	1,369	21	14
30 and under 35 years	F	7,689	10,690	7,172	10,280	286	138	231	272	1,231	1,439	1,147	1,387	44	19
35 and under 40 years	M	9,625	10,758	8,136	9,755	268	149	1,221	854	1,149	1,184	1,080	1,128	22	17
35 and under 40 years	F	6,670	8,290	6,013	7,908	368	167	289	215	1,037	1,122	941	1,082	51	15
40 and under 45 years	M	7,344	8,115	6,514	7,102	285	147	545	866	980	852	898	819	25	8
40 and under 45 years	F	6,045	6,339	5,087	5,846	531	234	427	259	1,008	910	864	846	68	28
45 and under 50 years	M	5,672	6,827	4,980	6,100	267	164	425	563	745	789	675	742	28	15
45 and under 50 years	F	4,949	5,517	4,025	4,962	572	292	352	263	823	846	704	781	64	36
50 and under 55 years	M	4,897	5,401	4,302	4,757	279	174	316	470	656	636	592	595	31	12
50 and under 55 years	F	3,871	4,931	3,120	4,093	476	419	275	419	640	805	544	684	58	61
55 and under 60 years	M	3,336	4,094	2,930	3,601	206	157	200	336	491	498	461	453	16	14
55 and under 60 years	F	2,691	3,837	2,189	3,072	340	410	162	355	471	563	428	463	28	54
60 and under 65 years	M	2,770	3,529	2,376	3,034	199	197	195	298	383	422	348	386	21	15
60 and under 65 years	F	2,250	3,251	1,742	2,532	315	407	193	312	389	497	323	410	29	46
65 and under 70 years	M	1,607	2,378	1,351	2,026	153	145	103	207	220	315	186	298	19	6
65 and under 70 years	F	1,406	2,169	1,055	1,676	240	305	111	188	231	330	182	282	24	26
70 and under 75 years	M	1,102	1,723	883	1,482	112	91	107	150	173	242	135	225	21	6
70 and under 75 years	F	904	1,534	654	1,163	158	227	92	144	154	212	123	175	12	20
75 and under 80 years	M	537	850	426	695	59	59	52	96	92	128	64	117	16	5
75 and under 80 years	F	447	830	303	588	85	148	59	94	68	122	52	86	3	23
80 and under 85 years.	M	293	404	225	332	36	27	32	45	49	64	34	50	6	3
80 and under 85 years.	F		389		248		85		56		64		45		11
85 years and upwards	M	302	149		118		12		19		12		8
85 years and upwards	F		202	204	130	59	41	39	31	47	30	32	17	5	7
21 years and upwards	M	77,254	84,319	67,584	75,225	2,684	1,738	6,986	7,356	10,634	9,820	9,992	9,345	277	131
21 years and upwards	F	58,357	72,767	51,834	66,694	3,875	3,051	2,648	3,022	9,894	10,916	9,000	10,153	442	372