Education of the People., TABLE III.—Showing the Number of Persons in the Colony and in Urban and Rural Districts at the last two Censuses (1881-1891) under each degree of Education and under various Age-groups.
Ages. The Colony. Urban Districts. Rural Districts.
Total. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Total. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Total. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read.
1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891. 1881. 1891.
All Ages 115,705 146,677 33,870 42,113 81,835 104,554
All Ages specified 115,210 145,917 74,493 102,522 9,663 6,361 31,054 37,034 33,569 42,088 24,313 31,907 2,262 1,581 6,994 8,600 81,641 103,829 50,180 70,615 7,401 4,780 24,060 28,434
5 years and over 99,019 124,466 74,493 102,522 9,362 6,124 15,164 15,820 29,317 36,608 24,313 31,907 2,155 1,484 2,849 3,217 69,702 87,858 50,180 70,615 7,207 4,640 12,315 12,693
7 years and over 116,260 101,079 5,080 10,101
10 years and over 84,780 105,114 68,749 93,686 6,354 3,673 9,677 7,755 25,502 31,470 22,340 29,116 1,381 789 1,781 1,565 59,278 73,644 46,409 64,570 4,973 2,884 7,896 6,190
14 years and over 91,825 81,510 3,215 7,100
15 years and over 71,125 88,656 57,310 78,515 5,255 3,150 8,560 6,991 21,502 26,974 18,663 24,803 1,190 687 1,649 1,484 49,623 61,682 38,647 53,712 4,065 2,463 6,911 5,507
20 years and over 57,763 74,766 45,625 65,313 4,586 2,952 7,552 6,501 17,347 22,791 14,785 20,717 1,060 655 1,502 1,419 40,416 51,975 30,840 44,596 3,526 2,297 6,050 5,082
21 years and over 71,956 62,648 2,917 6,391
5 - 7 years 8,206 1,443 1,044 5,719
7 - 14 24,435 19,569 1,865 3,001
5 - 15 27,894 35,810 17,183 24,007 4,107 2,974 6,604 8,829 7,815 9,634 5,650 7,104 965 797 1,200 1,733 20,079 26,176 11,533 16,903 3,142 2,177 5,404 7,096
5 - 65 93,442 117,759 71,012 98,064 8,602 5,377 13,828 14,318 27,715 34,676 23,189 30,453 1,948 1,306 2,578 2,917 65,727 83,083 47,823 67,611 6,654 4,071 11,250 11,401
7 - 65 109,553 96,621 4,333 8,599
65 and over 5,577 6,707 3,481 4,458 760 747 1,336 1,502 1,602 1,932 1,124 1,454 207 178 271 300 3,975 4,775 2,357 3,004 553 569 1,065 1,202
Under 3 years 9,987 12,798 9,987 12,798 2,620 3,282 2,620 3,282 7,367 9,516 7,367 9,516
3 - 5 years 6,204 8,653 301 237 5,903 8,416 1,632 2,198 107 97 1,525 2,101 4,572 6,455 194 140 4,378 6,315
5 -10 14,239 19,352 5,744 8,836 3,008 2,451 5,487 8,065 3,815 5,138 1,973 2,791 774 695 1,068 1,652 10,424 14,214 3,771 6,045 2,234 1,756 4,419 6,413
10 - 15 13,655 16,458 11,439 15,171 1,099 523 1,117 764 4,000 4,496 3,677 4,313 191 102 132 81 9,655 11,962 7,762 10,858 908 421 985 683
15 - 20 13,362 13,890 11,685 13,202 669 198 1,008 490 4,155 4,183 3,878 4,086 130 32 147 65 9,207 9,707 7,807 9,116 539 166 861 425
20 - 25 11,891 13,729 10,366 12,938 523 190 1,002 601 3,680 4,417 3,403 4,261 99 36 178 120 8,211 9,312 6,963 8,677 424 154 824 481
25 - 30 7,971 13,316 6,842 12,291 415 235 714 790 2,431 4,155 2,234 3,886 81 57 116 212 5,540 9,161 4,608 8,405 334 178 598 578
30 - 35 5,880 10,813 5,126 9,774 265 282 489 757 1,730 3,165 1,611 2,943 59 54 60 168 4,150 7,648 3,515 6,831 206 228 429 589
35 - 40 5,077 7,792 4,372 6,883 308 265 397 644 1,552 2,345 1,401 2,173 68 44 83 128 3,525 5,447 2,971 4,710 240 221 314 516
40 - 45 4,975 5,976 4,015 5,339 367 218 593 419 1,484 1,805 1,274 1,672 82 56 128 77 3,491 4,171 2,741 3,667 285 162 465 342
45 - 50 4,662 4,910 3,554 4,383 488 202 620 325 1,388 1,530 1,098 1,424 126 45 164 61 3,274 3,380 2,456 2,959 362 157 456 264
50 - 55 4,563 4,430 3,186 3,764 538 227 844 439 1,349 1,336 1,038 1,177 125 57 186 102 3,214 3,094 2,148 2,587 408 170 658 337
55 - 60 3,531 3,709 2,424 3,001 454 259 653 449 1,090 1,122 845 952 110 60 135 110 2,441 2,587 1,579 2,049 344 199 518 339
60 - 65 3,636 3,384 2,259 2,482 473 327 904 575 1,041 984 757 775 103 68 181 141 2,595 2,400 1,502 1,707 370 259 723 434
65 - 70 2,299 2,457 1,481 1,756 314 264 504 437 671 739 478 580 94 73 99 86 1,628 1,718 1,003 1,176 220 191 405 351
70 - 75 1,740 2,163 1,074 1,421 242 240 424 502 500 599 348 440 60 51 92 108 1,240 1,564 726 981 182 189 332 394
75 - 80 904 1,189 546 748 111 142 247 299 238 334 164 253 27 33 47 48 666 855 382 495 84 109 200 251
80 - 85 480 625 296 381 76 71 108 173 145 189 99 134 23 14 23 41 335 436 197 247 53 57 85 132
85 and over 154 273 84 152 17 30 53 91 48 71 35 47 3 7 10 17 106 202 49 105 14 23 43 74
Unspecified 495 750 301 25 194 725