Education of the People., TABLE IV.—Showing the Proportion 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 Whole Colony. Urban Districts. Rural Districts.
Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. 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.
All Ages specified 64.65 70.26 8.40 4.36 26.95 25.38 72.42 75.92 6.74 3.65 20.84 20.43 63.46 67.96 9.07 4.65 29.47 27.39
5 years and under 75.23 82.37 9.46 4.92 15.31 12.71 82.93 87.16 7.35 4.05 9.72 8.79 71.98 80.38 10.34 5.28 17.67 14.34
7 years and under 86.94 4.38 8.68 91.09 3.27 5.64 85.20 4.83 9.97
10 years and under 81.09 89.13 7.50 3.49 11.41 7.38 87.60 92.52 5.42 2.51 6.98 4.97 78.29 87.68 8.39 3.92 13.32 8.40
14 years and under 88.77 3.50 7.73
15 years and under 80.58 88.57 7.39 3.55 12.03 7.88 86.79 91.95 5.54 2.55 7.67 5.50 77.88 87.08 8.19 3.99 13.93 8.93
20 years and under 78.99 87.36 7.94 3.95 13.07 8.69 85.23 90.90 6.11 2.87 8.66 6.23 76.31 85.80 8.72 4.42 14.97 9.78
21 years and under 78.00 87.06 4.05 8.89 90.70 2.95 6.35 86.08 4.70 9.22
5 to 7 years 17.59 12.73 69.68
7 - 14 80.09 7.63 12.28
5 - 15 61.61 67.04 14.72 8.30 26.67 24.66 72.30 73.74 12.35 8.27 15.35 17.99 57.44 64.58 15.65 8.32 26.91 27.10
5 - 65 76.00 83.27 9.20 4.57 14.80 12.16 83.67 87.82 7.03 3.77 9.30 8.91 72.76 81.38 10.12 4.90 17.12 13.72
7 - 65 88.19 3.96 7.85
65 and over 62.43 66.47 13.63 11.14 23.95 22.39 70.17 75.26 12.92 9.21 16.91 15.53 59.30 62.91 13.91 11.92 26.79 25.17
Under 3 years 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
3 - 5 4.85 2.74 95.15 97.26 6.56 4.41 93.44 95.59 4.24 2.17 95.76 97.83
5 - 10 40.36 45.66 21.12 12.67 38.52 41.67 51.71 54.32 20.29 13.53 28.00 32.15 36.18 42.53 21.44 12.35 42.38 45.12
10 - 15 83.77 92.18 8.05 3.18 8.18 4.64 91.92 95.93 4.78 2.27 3.30 1.80 80.40 90.77 9.40 3.52 10.20 5.71
15 - 20 87.45 95.04 5.01 1.43 7.54 3.53 93.33 97.68 3.13 0.77 3.54 1.55 84.80 93.91 5.85 1.71 9.35 4.38
20 - 25 87.18 94.24 4.40 1.38 8.42 4.38 92.48 96.46 2.69 0.82 4.83 2.72 84.80 93.18 5.16 1.65 10.04 5.17
25 - 30 85.83 92.31 6.21 1.76 8.96 5.93 91.90 93.53 3.33 1.37 4.77 5.10 83.18 91.75 6.02 1.94 10.80 6.31
30 - 35 87.17 90.39 4.51 2.61 8.32 7.00 93.12 92.98 3.41 1.71 3.47 5.31 84.70 89.32 4.96 2.98 10.34 7.70
35 - 40 86.11 88.34 6.07 3.40 7.82 8.26 90.27 92.66 4.38 1.88 5.35 5.46 84.28 86.47 6.81 4.06 8.91 9.47
40 - 45 80.70 89.34 7.38 3.65 11.92 7.01 85.85 92.63 5.52 3.10 8.63 4.27 78.52 87.92 8.16 3.88 13.32 8.20
45 - 50 76.23 89.27 10.47 4.11 13.30 6.62 79.11 93.07 9.08 2.94 11.81 3.99 75.02 87.55 11.06 4.64 13.92 7.81
50 - 55 69.82 84.98 11.68 5.12 18.50 9.90 76.94 88.10 9.27 4.27 13.79 7.63 66.84 83.62 12.69 5.49 20.47 10.89
55 - 60 68.65 80.90 12.86 6.98 18.49 12.12 77.52 84.84 10.09 5.35 12.39 9.81 64.69 79.20 14.09 7.69 21.22 13.11
60 - 65 62.13 73.36 13.01 9.66 24.86 16.98 72.71 78.76 9.90 6.91 17.39 14.33 57.88 71.13 14.26 10.79 27.86 18.08
65 - 70 64.42 71.47 13.66 10.75 21.92 17.78 71.24 78.50 14.01 9.87 14.75 11.63 61.61 68.45 13.51 11.12 24.88 20.43
70 - 75 61.73 65.70 13.91 11.09 24.36 23.21 69.60 73.46 12.00 8.51 18.40 18.03 58.55 62.72 14.68 12.09 26.77 25.19
75 - 80 60.40 62.91 12.28 11.94 27.32 25.15 68.91 75.75 11.34 9.88 19.75 14.37 57.36 57.89 12.61 12.75 30.03 29.36
80 - 85 61.67 60.96 15.83 11.36 22.50 27.68 68.28 70.90 15.86 7.41 15.86 21.69 58.81 56.65 15.82 18.07 25.37 30.28
85 and over 54.54 55.68 11.05 10.99 84.81 33.33 72.92 66.19 6.25 9.86 20.83 23.95 46.22 51.98 13.21 11.39 40.57 36.63