Proportions per Cent. at various Age Periods at Successive Censuses., TABLE III.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Proportions per Cent. of the Persons, Males, and Females, at each Age Period, to the Total of all Ages at the last Seven Censuses.

Census Periods.		Proportions per Cent. of each Age to the Total of all Ages.
		Under 2 Years.	2 and under 7.	7 and under 14.	14 and under 21.	21 and under 45.	45 and under 60.	60 and upwards.
1841	persons	5.49	7.70	6.73	8.05	67.06	4.50	0.47
	males	3.69	5.80	4.77	6.78	73.05	5.34	0.57
	females	9.82	12.27	11.40	11.08	52.78	2.48	0.17
1846	persons	10.28	15.16	8.67	6.05	54.60	4.61	0.63
	males	8.37	12.49	7.42	4.90	60.45	5.56	0.81
	females	13.31	19.42	10.65	7.89	45.32	3.09	0.32
1851	persons	9.61	14.88	11.65	8.72	47.76	6.50	0.88
	males	8.10	12.72	10.03	6.86	53.40	7.78	1.11
	females	11.84	18.09	14.03	11.49	39.41	4.61	0.53
1854	persons	4.90	10.01	10.66	11.51	55.67	6.23	1.02
	males	3.78	7.81	8.50	10.29	61.32	7.17	1.13
	females	7.10	14.23	14.79	13.85	44.81	4.43	0.79
1857	persons	7.55	11.12	10.20	9.86	53.84	6.35	1.08
	males	6.06	8.96	8.35	8.32	59.79	7.33	1.19
	females	9.73	14.70	13.25	12.38	44.22	4.80	0.92
1861	persons	7.62	15.45	10.48	9.23	48.88	6.85	1.49
	males	6.56	13.11	8.86	7.68	54.17	7.95	1.67
	females	9.13	18.83	12.81	11.20	41.48	5.28	1.27
1871	persons	6.53	15.88	18.70	11.23	35.29	9.59	2.28
	males	6.16	14.90	17.49	10.10	36.76	11.44	3.15
	females	6.97	17.00	20.09	12.54	33.60	7.46	2.34