Goldfields., TABLE IX.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, Females, at each Quinquennial Period of Age living on the Goldfields, able to Read and Write, able to Read only, unable to Read, or of whom the Education was not returned ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Degree of Education to the Total Living at each Age Period.
Ages. Numbers. Proportions in every 100 Living.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read.
All Ages 166,098 26,753 75,898 1,679 95,360 12,286 46,578 1,045 70,738 14,467 29,320 634 61.80 9.95 28.25 61.83 7.97 30.20 61.77 12.63 25.60
5 Years and upwards* 166,095 25,081 32,737 1,674 95,358 11,484 24,740 1,041 70,737 13,597 7,997 633 74.18 11.20 14.62 72.47 8.73 18.80 76.61 14.73 8.66
Under 5 Years 1,669 43,153 801 21,834 868 21,319 3.72 96.28 3.54 96.46 3.91 96.09
5 to 10 Years 16,949 13,038 9,277 295 8,631 6,526 4,646 129 8,318 6,512 4,631 166 43.16 33.21 23.63 43.58 32.96 23.46 42.74 33.46 23.80
10 to 15 Years 26,873 2,168 757 172 13,237 1,114 419 98 13,636 1,054 338 74 90.18 7.28 2.54 89.62 7.54 2.84 90.74 7.01 2.25
15 to 20 Years 15,984 623 401 123 7,454 322 262 74 8,530 301 139 49 90.17 3.77 6.06 92.73 4.01 3.26 95.09 3.36 1.55
20 to 25 Years 13,233 554 889 99 6,248 233 661 56 6,985 321 228 43 89.46 4.04 6.50 87.48 3.26 9.26 92.71 4.26 3.03
25 to 30 Years 15,025 966 1,894 132 7,986 320 1,564 79 7,039 646 330 53 84.01 5.40 10.59 80.91 3.24 15.85 87.82 8.06 4.12
30 to 35 Years 16,817 1,470 4,364 156 9,841 478 3,860 97 6,976 992 504 59 74.24 6.49 19.27 69.41 3.37 27.22 82.34 11.71 5.95
35 to 40 Years 20,331 1,792 4,723 170 13,346 594 4,157 116 6,985 1,198 566 54 75.73 6.68 17.59 73.75 3.28 22.97 79.84 13.69 6.47
40 to 45 Years 16,797 1,495 4,139 147 11,765 568 3,704 113 5,032 927 435 34 74.89 6.66 18.45 73.36 3.54 23.10 78.70 14.50 6.80
45 to 50 Years 9,877 985 2,306 92 6,957 419 2,038 68 2,920 566 268 24 75.01 7.48 17.51 73.90 4.45 21.65 77.78 15.08 7.14
50 to 55 Years 6,514 772 1,740 61 4,657 355 1,543 46 1,857 417 197 15 72.31 8.51 19.18 71.04 5.42 23.54 75.15 16.88 7.97
55 to 60 Years 3,369 430 756 28 2,311 182 641 19 1,058 248 115 9 73.96 9.44 16.60 73.74 5.81 20.45 74.46 17.45 8.09
60 to 65 Years 2,199 367 569 36 1,485 164 445 22 714 203 124 14 70.14 11.71 18.15 70.92 7.83 21.25 68.59 19.50 11.91
65 to 70 Years 1,083 208 185 19 731 101 146 11 352 107 39 8 73.38 14.09 12.53 74.74 10.33 14.93 70.68 21.49 7.83
70 to 75 Years 653 126 119 26 434 60 75 12 219 66 44 14 72.72 14.03 13.25 76.27 10.55 13.18 66.56 20.06 13.38
75 to 80 Years 202 44 50 4 145 24 31 2 57 20 19 2 68.25 14.86 16.89 72.50 12.00 15.50 59.38 20.83 19.79
80 Years and upwards 95 35 41 4 63 21 27 2 32 14 14 2 55.56 20.46 23.98 56.76 18.92 24.32 53.34 23.33 23.33
Unspecified Children 3 3 8 5 2 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 21.43 21.43 57.14 28.57 14.29 57.14 14.29 28.57 57.14
Unspecified Adults and altogether 94 8 527 110 67 3 521 97 27 5 6 13 14.95 1.27 83.78 11.34 0.51 88.15 71.05 13.16 15.79