Ages by Quinquennial Periods., TABLE VI.—Numbers and Proportion per cent. of the Population at each Quinquennial Age-period at the Census of 1881.
| Ages. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per 100. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| The whole Colony |
115,795 |
61,162 |
54,543 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| 0 - 5 |
15,191 |
8,123 |
8,065 |
13.99 |
13.29 |
14.79 |
| 5 - 10 |
14,242 |
7,274 |
6,938 |
12.31 |
11.89 |
12.77 |
| 10 - 15 |
13,660 |
6,097 |
6,663 |
11.81 |
11.44 |
12.22 |
| 15 - 20 |
15,336 |
6,701 |
6,565 |
11.85 |
10.96 |
12.22 |
| 20 - 25 |
11,908 |
5,976 |
5,928 |
10.29 |
9.77 |
10.63 |
| 25 - 30 |
7,279 |
4,173 |
36.03 |
6.20 |
6.82 |
5.28 |
| 30 - 35 |
5,890 |
3,125 |
2,765 |
5.09 |
5.11 |
5.07 |
| 35 - 40 |
5,083 |
9,532 |
2,553 |
4.32 |
4.14 |
4.68 |
| 40 - 45 |
4,981 |
2,500 |
2,461 |
4.30 |
4.12 |
4.55 |
| 45 - 50 |
4,577 |
2,420 |
2,257 |
4.04 |
3.96 |
4.14 |
| 50 - 55 |
4,588 |
2,566 |
19.22 |
3.97 |
4.36 |
3.52 |
| 55 - 60 |
3,552 |
2,165 |
1,387 |
3.07 |
3.54 |
2.54 |
| 60 - 65 |
3,655 |
2,368 |
1,287 |
3.15 |
3.87 |
2.56 |
| 65 - 70 |
2,329 |
1,559 |
770 |
2.09 |
2.53 |
1.41 |
| 70 - 75 |
1,754 |
1,241 |
513 |
1.53 |
2.03 |
0.21 |
| 75 - 80 |
907 |
638 |
269 |
0.78 |
1.04 |
0.49 |
| 80 - 85 |
486 |
347 |
123 |
0.42 |
0.57 |
0.25 |
| 85 - 90 |
105 |
75 |
39 |
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.06 |
| 90 - 95 |
39 |
24 |
15 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
| 95 - 100 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0.01 |
|
|
| 100 and over |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
| Not specified |
313 |
253 |
75 |
0.27 |
0.29 |
0.14 |