Ages of the People.—Numerical Increase at successive Censuses., TABLE V.—Number of Persons at each Age-period at the Censuses of 1861, 1870, 1881, and 1891 ; with Increase or Decreases.
Ages. Persons. Males. Females.
Numbers. Increase or Decrease. Increase per cent.* per Decade. Numbers. Increase or Decrease. Increase per cent.* per Decade. Numbers. Increase or Decrease. Increase per cent.* per Decade.
All Ages 1,861 89,977 49,593 40,384
1,870 99,328 9,351 11.77 52,853 3,260 7.44 46,475 6,091 17.09
1,881 115,705 16,377 14.79 61,162 8,309 14.10 54,543 8,068 15.55
1,891 146,667 30,962 26.75 77,560 16,398 26.61 69,107 14,664 26.85
Under 1 1,861 3,117 1,612 1,505
1,870 2,887 - 230 - 8.39 1,484 - 128 - 8.99 1,403 - 102 - 7.50
1,881 3,536 649 20.16 1,705 221 13.36 1,831 428 27.36
1,891 4,588 1,052 29.75 2,340 635 37.24 2,248 417 22.75
1 - 2 1,861 2,844 1,415 1,429
1,870 2,618 - 226 - 8.87 1,291 - 124 - 9.92 1,327 - 102 - 8.08
1,881 3,187 569 19.49 1,551 260 18.06 1,636 309 20.88
1,891 3,826 639 20.05 1,927 376 24.24 1,899 263 16.08
2 - 5 1,861 9,038 4,612 4,426
1,870 8,797 - 241 - 3.02 4,410 - 202 - 4.95 4,387 - 39 - 1.00
1,881 9,468 671 6.84 4,870 460 9.36 4,598 211 4.31
1,891 13,052 3,584 37.85 6,572 1,702 34.95 6,480 1,882 40.93
5 - 10 1,861 11,108 5,545 5,563
1,870 14,592 3,484 35.51 7,426 1,881 38.40 7,166 1,603 38.62
1,881 14,242 - 350 - 2.15 7,274 - 152 - 1.84 6,968 - 198 - 2.49
1,891 19,399 5,157 36.21 9,879 2,605 35.81 9,520 2,552 36.63
10 - 15 1,861 8,240 4,182 4,058
1,870 13,549 5,309 72.94 6,758 2,576 69.74 6,791 2,733 76.25
1,881 13,660 0.73 6,997 239 3.17 6,663 - 128 - 1.69
1,891 16,461 2,801 20.51 8,284 1,287 18.39 8,177 1,514 22.72
15 - 20 1,861 7,302 3,384 3,918
1,870 8,848 1,546 23.47 4,295 911 29.78 4,553 635 18.34
1,881 13,366 4,518 45.80 6,701 2,406 50.24 6,665 2,112 41.60
1,891 13,893 527 3.94 7,073 372 5.55 6,820 155 2.32
20 - 30 1,861 13,122 5,965 7,157
1,870 12,231 - 891 - 7.68 5,664 - 301 - 5.71 6,567 - 590 - 9.33
1,881 19,882 7,651 56.10 10,148 4,484 71.00 9,734 3,167 43.25
1,891 27,059 7,177 36.15 14,417 4,269 40.74 12,642 2,908 29.85
30 - 40 1,861 13,620 7,976 5,644
1,870 10,686 - 2934 - 24.39 5,198 - 2778 38.53 5,488 - 156 - 3.13
1,881 10,975 289 2.42 5,657 459 7.92 5,318 - 170 - 2.78
1,891 18,630 7,665 69.85 10,261 4,604 81.40 8,369 3,051 57.38
40 - 50 1,861 11,091 7,322 3,769
1,870 10,524 - 567 - 5.79 6,280 - 1042 - 16.11 4,244 475 14.29
1,881 9,658 - 866 - 7.38 4,940 - 1340 - 19.14 4,718 474 10.02
1,891 10,896 1,138 11.78 5,807 867 17.55 5,089 371 7.88
50 - 60 1,861 6,329 4,504 1,825
1,870 7,996 1,667 29.81 5,289 785 19.73 2,707 582 54.71
1,881 8,140 144 1.61 4,831 - 458 - 7.77 3,309 602 19.94
1,891 8,157 17 2.08 4,230 399 8.26 3,927 618 18.67
60 - 70 1,861 3,092 2,270 822
1,870 4,484 1,392 50.97 3,225 955 47.64 1,259 437 60.74
1,881 5,975 1,491 29.82 3,918 693 19.27 2,057 798 56.85
1,891 5,851 - 124 - 20.75 3,395 477 14.92 2,456 399 19.39
70 - 80 1,861 857 631 226
1,870 1,756 899 118.76 1,262 631 113.21 494 268 134.25
1,881 2,661 905 46.22 1,879 617 43.85 782 288 52.29
1,891 3,362 701 26.34 2,195 216 11.49 1,167 385 49.24
80 - 90 1,861 193 154 39
1,870 314 121 71.00 235 81 59.61 79 40 116.11
1,881 591 277 79.12 422 187 71.37 169 90 102.17
1,891 820 229 38.75 547 125 29.62 273 104 61.56
90 and over 1,861 24 21 3
1,870 46 22 103.90 36 15 80.85 10 7 264.16
1,881 51 5 9.75 31 - 5 - 12.46 20 10 89.69
1,891 83 32 62.75 63 32 103.23 20
Not specified 1,861
1,870
1,881 313 313 238 238 75 75
1,891 590 277 88.50 570 332 20 55 73.32