Percentage Proportion of all specified Ages in Tasmania, 1891, who could Read and Write, Read only, and could not Read at the principal Ages, showing the proportions at each principal Age-period.
| Ages. |
Percentage Proportion. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Read and write. |
Read only. |
Cannot read. |
Read and write. |
Read only. |
Cannot read. |
Read and write. |
Read only. |
Cannot read. |
| All Ages specified |
70.26 |
4.36 |
25.38 |
70.16 |
4.24 |
25.60 |
70.37 |
4.49 |
25.14 |
| 5 years and over |
82.37 |
4.92 |
12.71 |
81.68 |
4.75 |
13.57 |
83.16 |
5.10 |
11.74 |
| 7 years and over |
86.94 |
4.38 |
8.68 |
86.14 |
4.21 |
9.65 |
87.86 |
4.55 |
7.59 |
| 14 years and over |
88.77 |
3.50 |
7.73 |
87.94 |
3.24 |
8.82 |
89.74 |
3.81 |
6.45 |
| 15 years and over |
88.57 |
3.55 |
7.88 |
87.75 |
3.27 |
8.98 |
89.51 |
3.89 |
6.60 |
| 21 years and over |
87.06 |
4.05 |
8.89 |
86.60 |
3.57 |
9.83 |
87.63 |
4.64 |
7.73 |
| 5-7 years |
79.59 |
12.73 |
69.68 |
16.08 |
12.76 |
71.16 |
19.17 |
12.69 |
68.14 |
| 7-14 years |
80.09 |
7.63 |
12.28 |
78.84 |
8.18 |
12.98 |
81.33 |
7.09 |
11.58 |
| 5-15 years |
67.04 |
8.30 |
24.66 |
65.60 |
8.69 |
25.71 |
68.52 |
7.91 |
23.57 |
| 7-65 years |
88.19 |
3.96 |
7.85 |
87.54 |
3.79 |
8.67 |
88.92 |
4.14 |
6.94 |
| Under 3 years |
|
|
100.00 |
|
|
100.00 |
|
|
100.00 |
| 3-5 years |
|
2.74 |
97.26 |
|
2.68 |
97.32 |
|
2.79 |
97.21 |
| 5-10 |
45.66 |
12.67 |
41.67 |
44.13 |
13.04 |
42.83 |
47.25 |
12.27 |
40.48 |
| 10-15 years |
92.18 |
3.18 |
4.64 |
91.16 |
3.51 |
5.33 |
93.23 |
2.83 |
3.94 |
| 15-20 years |
95.04 |
1.43 |
3.53 |
93.17 |
1.92 |
4.91 |
97.00 |
0.91 |
2.09 |
| 20-25 years |
94.24 |
1.38 |
4.38 |
92.21 |
1.90 |
5.89 |
96.45 |
0.82 |
2.73 |
| 25-30 years |
92.31 |
1.76 |
5.93 |
90.62 |
1.91 |
7.47 |
94.32 |
1.59 |
4.09 |
| 30-35 years |
90.39 |
2.61 |
7.00 |
89.11 |
2.53 |
8.36 |
91.94 |
2.70 |
5.36 |
| 35-40 years |
88.34 |
3.40 |
8.26 |
87.15 |
3.05 |
9.80 |
89.85 |
3.84 |
6.31 |
| 40-45 years |
89.34 |
3.65 |
7.01 |
89.53 |
2.73 |
7.74 |
89.12 |
4.73 |
6.15 |
| 45-50 years |
89.27 |
4.11 |
6.62 |
89.94 |
2.91 |
7.15 |
88.54 |
5.43 |
6.03 |
| 50-55 years |
84.98 |
5.12 |
9.90 |
87.92 |
3.18 |
8.90 |
81.81 |
7.20 |
10.99 |
| 55-60 years |
80.90 |
6.98 |
12.12 |
86.48 |
3.94 |
9.58 |
74.86 |
10.29 |
14.85 |
| 60-65 years |
73.36 |
9.66 |
16.98 |
78.52 |
7.11 |
14.37 |
66.71 |
12.94 |
20.35 |
| 65-70 years |
71.47 |
10.75 |
17.78 |
73.80 |
8.98 |
17.22 |
67.88 |
13.47 |
18.65 |
| 70-75 years |
65.70 |
11.09 |
23.21 |
66.26 |
10.72 |
23.02 |
64.67 |
11.77 |
23.56 |
| 75-80 years |
62.91 |
11.94 |
25.15 |
62.87 |
10.13 |
27.00 |
63.00 |
15.50 |
21.50 |
| 80-85 years |
60.96 |
11.36 |
27.68 |
60.62 |
10.74 |
28.64 |
61.65 |
12.62 |
25.73 |
| 85 and over |
55.68 |
10.99 |
33.33 |
56.09 |
9.52 |
34.39 |
54.76 |
14.29 |
30.95 |
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