Education of Children.—School Attendance, 1891—General Summary.—Ages., TABLE XVI.—Showing the Number of Children and Young Persons between of 3 and 21 Years of Age stated as attending different Schools and receiving Instruction at Home, in Urban, Rural, and Electoral Districts.
Total. 3 - 5 years. 5 - 7 years. 7 - 14 years. 14 - 21 years.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
The whole Colony 26,770 13,354 13,416 979 452 527 4,040 2,064 1,976 19,641 9,844 9,797 2,110 994 1,116
City of Hobart 4,530 2,311 2,219 244 173 71 787 421 366 3,099 1,542 1,557 400 175 225
City of Launceston 3,498 1,745 1,753 113 60 53 644 356 288 2,417 1,185 1,232 324 144 180
Rural Districts 18,742 9,298 9,444 622 219 403 2,609 1,287 1,322 14,125 7,117 7,008 1,386 675 711
Hobart, North 1,359 640 719 56 27 29 271 145 126 920 424 496 112 44 68
Hobart, South 1,425 790 635 82 74 8 244 161 83 924 471 453 175 84 91
Hobart, West 1,746 881 865 106 72 34 272 115 157 1,255 647 608 113 47 66
Launceston, North 1,431 725 706 49 13 36 266 144 122 965 495 470 151 73 78
Launceston, South 2,067 1,020 1,047 64 47 17 378 212 166 1,452 690 762 173 71 102
Brighton 592 280 312 29 13 16 72 36 36 444 212 232 47 19 28
Campbell Town 532 297 235 20 11 9 55 30 25 392 218 174 65 38 27
Cressy 451 218 233 12 12 58 32 26 347 165 182 34 21 13
Cumberland 788 346 442 58 2 56 161 76 85 520 246 274 49 22 27
Devon, East 1,357 690 667 14 7 7 172 89 83 1,105 560 565 66 34 32
Devon, West 1,023 483 540 25 1 24 137 58 79 810 404 406 51 20 31
Deloraine 807 391 416 11 5 6 111 52 59 628 312 316 57 22 35
Evandale 607 274 333 5 5 76 21 55 460 221 239 66 32 34
Fingal 944 458 486 19 6 13 140 70 70 714 351 363 71 31 40
Franklin 740 387 353 9 4 5 93 55 38 604 313 291 34 15 19
George Town 955 429 526 127 8 119 171 72 99 617 326 291 40 23 17
Glamorgan 320 159 161 8 5 3 38 15 23 251 131 120 23 8 15
Glenorchy 1,044 517 527 49 34 15 147 75 72 724 347 377 124 61 63
Kingborough 1,540 771 769 18 9 9 192 86 106 1,195 606 589 135 70 65
Longford 496 223 273 2 2 46 26 20 409 186 223 39 11 28
New Norfolk 707 359 348 15 8 7 94 52 42 558 279 279 40 20 20
Oatlands 620 323 297 17 17 64 24 40 465 238 227 74 61 13
Richmond 459 238 221 1 1 36 20 16 389 200 189 33 17 16
Ringarooma 826 422 404 36 21 15 142 72 70 589 301 288 59 28 31
Selby 972 495 477 79 37 42 173 99 74 642 327 315 78 32 46
Sorell 722 385 337 18 16 2 88 46 42 559 292 267 57 31 26
Wellington 1,306 664 642 33 24 9 194 94 100 999 511 488 80 35 45
Westbury 934 489 445 17 7 10 149 87 62 704 371 333 64 24 40