TABLE VIII.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBER of MALES and FEMALES, at STATED PERIODS of AGE, in the undermentioned DIVISIONS of the STATE, who can READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and CANNOT READ, at DATES of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901 respectively (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
PERIODS OF AGE.		THE STATE.								CITY OF ADELAIDE.
		Persons.		Read and Write.		Read Only.		Cannot Read.		Persons.		Read and Write.		Read Only.
		1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.
All ages	M	166,801	184,422	122,583	147,513	4,176	3,706	40,042	33,203	17,932	18,377	14,405	15,337	377	308
All ages	F	153,630	178,182	113,931	143,235	5,395	4,577	34,304	30,370	19,905	20,863	15,974	17,549	586	497
Under 5 years	M	23,015	20,260				28	23,015	20,232	2,081	1,725				1
Under 5 years	F	22,266	19,817				33	22,266	19,784	2,183	1,709				2
5 years	M	4,693	4,416	170	257	327	215	4,196	3,944	432	361	43	19	33	16
5 years	F	4,487	4,309	144	276	300	213	4,043	3,820	435	364	33	22	25	21
6 years	M	4,500	4,655	972	1,319	602	737	2,926	2,599	416	373	136	113	63	60
6 years	F	4,565	4,437	942	1,219	628	749	2,995	2,469	429	368	138	105	60	74
7 years	M	4,401	4,546	2,703	3,035	611	677	1,087	834	388	401	242	263	68	50
7 years	F	4,336	4,600	2,649	3,110	639	677	1,048	813	430	380	273	254	58	55
8 years	M	4,083	4,451	3,353	3,901	367	288	363	262	382	373	325	334	27	19
8 years	F	3,942	4,531	3,258	4,017	346	268	338	246	382	389	328	340	23	25
9 years	M	4,150	4,688	3,762	4,495	185	104	203	89	399	427	374	414	16	6
9 years	F	3,937	4,735	3,589	4,559	176	84	172	92	409	402	378	385	20	6
10 years	M	4,062	4,603	3,867	4,485	92	55	103	63	388	418	379	408	6	6
10 years	F	3,969	4,464	3,801	4,379	77	44	91	41	429	414	417	408	8	4
11 years	M	3,849	4,420	3,711	4,351	66	29	72	40	386	373	373	367	8	4
11 years	F	3,693	4,368	3,610	4,316	41	20	42	32	396	378	392	376	3	1
12 years	M	3,722	4,476	3,629	4,435	30	14	63	27	345	390	339	384	4	1
12 years	F	3,638	4,335	5,563	4,291	37	13	38	31	357	424	351	421	4	1
13 years	M	3,513	4,403	3,451	4,368	22	13	40	22	351	413	345	410	3
13 years	F	3,529	4,166	3,479	4,138	15	8	35	20	389	387	387	387
14 years	M	4,016	4,291	3,901	4,250	29	16	86	25	403	425	397	420	5	1
14 years	F	3,812	4,266	3,737	4,250	28	5	47	11	477	424	469	422	5	1
5 and under 15 years	M	40,989	44,949	29,519	34,896	2,331	2,148	9,139	7,905	3,890	3,954	2,953	3,132	233	163
5 and under 15 years	F	39,908	44,211	28,772	34,555	2,287	2,081	8,849	7,575	4,133	3,930	3,166	3,120	206	188
15 and under 20 years	M	15,363	20,007	14,937	19,739	89	65	337	203	1,767	1,980	1,738	1,961	11	11
15 and under 20 years	F	15,617	20,162	15,440	20,002	45	34	132	126	2,152	2,370	2,140	2,348	6	6
20 and under 21 years	M	3,115	3,618	2,902	3,529	18	15	195	74	374	382	369	379	2	1
20 and under 21 years	F	3,072	3,727	3,025	3,682	12	8	35	37	521	575	515	571	2
15 and under 21 years	M	18,478	23,625	17,839	23,268	107	80	532	277	2,141	2,362	2,107	2,340	13	12
15 and under 21 years	F	18,689	23,889	18,465	23,684	57	42	167	163	2,673	2,945	2,655	2,919	8	6
Under 21 years	M	82,482	88,834	47,358	58,164	2,438	2,256	32,686	28,414	8,112	8,041	5,060	5,472	246	176
Under 21 years	F	80,863	87,917	47,237	58,239	2,344	2,156	31,282	27,522	8,989	8,584	5,821	6,039	214	196
21 and under 25 years	M	12,265	13,023	11,373	12,627	125	73	767	323	1,590	1,505	1,548	1,467	10	14
21 and under 25 years	F	11,851	13,813	11,639	13,656	57	29	155	128	1,976	2,022	1,943	2,000	8	7
25 and under 30 years	M	14,400	13,771	12,869	13,230	131	61	1,400	480	1,656	1,501	1,607	1,474	6	3
25 and under 30 years	F	12,937	14,253	12,557	14,066	121	46	259	141	2,000	2,070	1,952	2,045	18	5
30 and under 35 years	M	13,426	12,945	11,981	12,307	160	84	1,285	554	1,432	1,353	1,369	1,327	14	4
30 and under 35 years	F	10,690	12,368	10,280	12,159	138	68	272	141	1,439	1,566	1,387	1,539	19	6
35 and under 40 years	M	10,758	12,013	9,755	11,335	149	110	854	568	1,184	1,205	1,128	1,160	17	8
35 and under 40 years	F	8,290	11,213	7,908	10,902	167	100	215	211	1,122	1,433	1,082	1,371	15	19
40 and under 45 years	M	8,115	11,371	7,102	10,676	147	144	866	551	852	1,135	819	1,091	8	17
40 and under 45 years	F	6,339	9,596	5,846	9,196	234	147	259	253	910	1,204	846	1,132	28	25
45 and under 50 years	M	6,827	9,033	6,100	8,399	164	137	563	497	789	946	742	899	15	19
45 and under 50 years	F	5,517	7,277	4,962	6,902	292	181	263	194	846	983	781	931	36	23
50 and under 55 years	M	5,401	6,767	4,757	6,177	174	133	470	457	636	687	595	651	12	6
50 and under 55 years	F	4,931	5,573	4,093	5,096	419	218	419	259	805	761	684	679	61	37
55 and under 60 years	M	4,094	5,336	3,601	4,813	157	160	336	363	498	621	453	572	14	17
55 and under 60 years	F	3,837	4,545	3,072	4,017	410	266	355	262	563	636	463	563	54	28
60 and under 65 years	M	3,529	3,992	3,034	3,498	197	156	298	338	422	463	386	419	15	15
60 and under 65 years	F	3,251	4,026	2,532	3,261	407	341	312	424	497	606	410	486	46	51
65 and under 70 years	M	2,378	2,872	2,026	2,516	145	124	207	232	315	332	298	300	6	10
65 and under 70 years	F	2,169	3,051	1,676	2,363	305	356	188	332	330	395	282	306	26	36
70 and under 75 years	M	1,723	2,282	1,482	1,942	91	145	150	195	242	284	225	247	6	9
70 and under 75 years	F	1,534	2,280	1,163	1,702	227	324	144	254	212	295	175	218	20	32
75 and under 80 years	M	850	1,290	695	1,097	59	72	96	121	128	170	117	148	5	1
75 and under 80 years	F	830	1,262	588	955	148	178	94	129	122	176	86	141	23	15
80 and under 85 years	M	404	646	332	530	27	38	45	78	64	103	50	82	3	9
80 and under 85 years	F	389	698	248	507	85	110	56	81	64	88	45	70	11	10
85 years and upwards	M	149	247	118	202	12	13	19	32	12	31	8	28
85 years and upwards	F	202	310	130	214	41	57	31	39	30	44	17	29	7	7
21 years and upwards	M	84,319	95,588	75,225	89,349	1,738	1,450	7,356	4,789	9,820	10,336	9,345	9,865	131	132
21 years and upwards	F	72,767	90,265	66,694	84,996	3,051	2,421	3,022	2,848	10,916	12,279	10,153	11,510	372	301