Ages of the People.—Percental Proportion at various Age Groups., TABLE IV.—Showing the Proportions of Persons and Sexes under various Ages at the four last Censuses.
|
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| 1870. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
1870. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
1870. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
| All Ages (specified) |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Under 5 years |
14.40 |
14.03 |
14.69 |
12.12 |
13.59 |
13.34 |
14.08 |
11.97 |
15.32 |
14.81 |
15.32 |
12.28 |
| 5 - 65 |
81.21 |
81.09 |
80.71 |
83.80 |
80.46 |
80.28 |
80.33 |
83.75 |
82.08 |
82.01 |
81.11 |
83.85 |
| 65 and over |
4.39 |
4.88 |
4.60 |
4.08 |
5.95 |
6.38 |
5.89 |
4.28 |
2.60 |
3.18 |
3.51 |
3.87 |
| 7 - 14 (school age) |
|
16.70 |
16.74 |
22.80 |
|
16.02 |
15.93 |
17.07 |
|
17.46 |
17.64 |
28.99 |
| 20 - 40 (soldier's age) |
23.07 |
26.73 |
31.29 |
31.18 |
20.55 |
25.94 |
32.05 |
31.53 |
25.94 |
27.64 |
30.42 |
37.64 |
| 15 - 45 |
|
42.63 |
44.89 |
47.53 |
|
41.06 |
45.44 |
47.91 |
|
44.40 |
44.27 |
47.13 |
| 21 years and over (adults) |
|
|
49.51 |
50.13 |
|
|
51.62 |
51.35 |
|
|
47.17 |
48.82 |
| Under 5 years |
14.40 |
14.03 |
14.69 |
12.12 |
13.59 |
13.34 |
14.08 |
11.97 |
15.32 |
14.81 |
15.38 |
12.28 |
| 5 - 10 years |
14.69 |
12.34 |
13.28 |
12.76 |
14.05 |
11.94 |
12.83 |
12.47 |
15.42 |
12.79 |
13.78 |
13.12 |
| 10 - 15 years |
13.64 |
11.84 |
11.27 |
12.29 |
12.79 |
11.48 |
10.76 |
11.90 |
14.61 |
12.24 |
11.84 |
12.66 |
| 15 - 20 years |
8.91 |
11.58 |
9.51 |
10.71 |
8.13 |
11.00 |
9.19 |
10.49 |
9.80 |
12.24 |
9.87 |
10.94 |
| 20 - 25 years |
12.31 |
10.31 |
9.41 |
9.52 |
10.72 |
9.81 |
9.29 |
9.23 |
14.13 |
10.88 |
9.53 |
9.83 |
| 25 - 30 years |
|
6.91 |
9.12 |
8.03 |
|
6.95 |
9.44 |
8.13 |
|
6.99 |
8.77 |
7.92 |
| 30 - 35 years |
10.76 |
5.10 |
7.42 |
6.96 |
9.83 |
5.13 |
7.66 |
7.17 |
11.81 |
5.08 |
7.14 |
6.73 |
| 35 - 40 years |
|
4.41 |
5.34 |
6.66 |
|
4.15 |
5.66 |
7.00 |
|
4.69 |
4.98 |
6.30 |
| 40 - 45 years |
10.59 |
4.32 |
4.09 |
5.65 |
11.88 |
4.12 |
4.20 |
5.89 |
9.13 |
4.52 |
3.98 |
5.40 |
| 45 - 50 years |
|
4.05 |
3.36 |
3.98 |
|
3.97 |
3.34 |
4.20 |
|
4.14 |
3.39 |
3.75 |
| 50 - 55 years |
8.05 |
3.98 |
3.04 |
3.00 |
10.01 |
4.38 |
2.98 |
3.12 |
5.82 |
3.53 |
3.10 |
2.87 |
| 55 - 60 years |
|
3.08 |
2.55 |
2.25 |
|
3.56 |
2.51 |
2.23 |
|
2.55 |
2.58 |
2.28 |
| 60 - 65 years |
4.51 |
3.17 |
2.32 |
2.00 |
6.10 |
3.89 |
2.47 |
1.94 |
2.71 |
2.36 |
2.15 |
2.08 |
| 65 - 70 years |
|
2.01 |
1.68 |
1.51 |
|
2.55 |
1.94 |
1.44 |
|
1.41 |
1.40 |
1.59 |
| 70 - 75 years |
1.77 |
1.53 |
1.48 |
1.18 |
2.39 |
2.04 |
1.83 |
1.25 |
1.06 |
0.94 |
1.11 |
1.10 |
| 75 - 80 years |
|
0.78 |
0.82 |
0.74 |
|
1.05 |
1.03 |
0.84 |
|
0.49 |
0.58 |
0.62 |
| 80 - 85 years |
0.37 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.57 |
0.55 |
0.51 |
0.19 |
0.25 |
0.30 |
0.36 |
| 85 and over |
|
0.14 |
0.19 |
0.22 |
|
0.17 |
0.24 |
0.22 |
|
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.17 |