Summary of Shires and Road Districts., TABLE XIV.—Showing the Number of Persons of both Sexes in each Shire and Road District, between 5 and 15 Years of Age and over 15 Years of Age, who were returned as being able to Read and Write, able to Read only, or unable to Read ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Degree of Education to the Total Numbers at the same Age Period.
Shires and Road Districts. Persons of both Sexes between 5 and 15 Years. Persons of both Sexes aged 15 Years and upwards.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
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. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read.
Total of Shires and Road Districts 52,841 21,038 17,380 57.90 23.05 19.05 155,577 14,932 24,582 79.75 7.65 12.60
SHIRES.
Alberton 430 175 169 55.56 22.61 21.83 1,323 121 122 84.48 7.73 7.79
Alexandra 336 204 145 49.05 29.78 21.17 1,865 100 132 88.93 4.77 6.30
Ararat 843 439 435 49.10 25.57 25.33 2,934 321 385 80.60 8.82 10.58
Avoca 967 424 237 59.40 26.05 14.55 2,842 223 1,311 64.94 5.10 29.96
Avon 461 192 213 53.23 22.17 24.60 1,646 164 170 83.13 8.28 8.59
Bacchus Marsh 469 170 120 61.79 22.40 15.81 1,090 94 67 87.13 7.51 5.36
Bairnsdale 424 224 172 51.71 27.32 20.97 1,954 132 790 67.94 4.59 27.47
Ballan 1,230 473 418 57.99 22.30 19.71 3,273 327 694 76.22 7.62 16.16
Ballarat 1,279 365 300 65.79 18.78 15.43 3,211 247 222 87.26 6.70 6.04
Bannockburn 543 160 115 66.38 19.56 14.06 1,201 126 98 84.28 8.84 6.88
Barrabool 678 175 145 67.94 17.53 14.53 1,445 183 127 82.34 10.42 7.24
Beechworth 966 325 276 61.65 20.74 17.61 2,475 222 1,388 60.59 5.43 33.98
Belfast 519 249 219 52.58 25.23 22.19 1,131 205 199 73.68 13.36 12.96
Bellarine 774 262 136 66.04 22.36 11.60 1,636 208 154 81.88 10.41 7.71
Benalla 584 244 217 55.89 23.35 20.76 2,056 180 177 85.21 7.46 7.33
Berwick 328 115 135 56.75 19.89 23.36 1,019 73 71 87.62 6.28 6.10
Bet-bet 716 269 227 59.08 22.19 18.73 2,148 202 470 76.17 7.16 16.67
Braybrook 223 73 35 67.37 22.06 10.57 579 46 31 88.26 7.01 4.73
Bright 620 267 143 60.20 25.92 13.88 1,694 106 1,286 54.90 3.43 41.67
Broadmeadows 377 127 58 67.08 22.60 10.32 1,158 112 74 86.16 8.33 5.51
Bulla 606 79 372 57.33 7.48 35.19 775 64 59 86.30 7.13 6.57
Bungaree 824 398 328 53.16 25.68 21.16 2,372 266 636 72.45 8.12 19.43
Buninyong 2,356 978 748 57.72 23.96 18.32 5,744 731 1,159 75.25 9.57 15.18
Caulfield 248 46 39 74.47 13.82 11.71 676 32 22 92.60 4.38 3.02
Colac 671 255 211 59.01 22.43 18.56 2,040 191 162 85.25 7.98 6.77
Corio 630 159 84 72.17 18.21 9.62 1,146 108 118 83.53 7.87 8.60
Cranbourne 230 104 67 57.35 25.94 16.71 663 45 51 87.35 5.93 6.72
Creswick 1,067 372 309 61.04 21.28 17.68 3,282 274 315 84.78 7.08 8.14
Darebin 979 270 165 69.24 19.09 11.67 2,483 240 134 86.91 8.40 4.69
Dundas 621 285 362 48.97 22.48 28.55 1,961 209 222 81.98 8.74 9.28
Echuca 165 67 84 52.21 21.20 26.59 895 52 139 82.41 4.79 12.80
Eltham 406 171 103 59.70 25.15 15.15 1,135 105 194 79.15 7.32 13.53
Gardiner 301 54 40 76.20 13.67 10.13 704 33 13 93.87 4.40 1.73
Gisborne 618 234 142 62.17 23.54 14.29 1,460 150 118 84.49 8.68 6.83
Glenelg 648 282 351 50.59 22.01 27.40 1,757 242 206 79.68 10.98 9.34
Glenlyon 495 290 196 50.46 29.56 19.98 1,714 140 150 85.53 6.98 7.49
Goulburn 154 82 95 46.53 24.77 28.70 704 62 40 87.35 7.69 4.96
Grenville 1,324 599 382 57.44 25.99 16.57 3,834 407 841 75.44 8.01 16.55
Hampden 746 293 314 55.13 21.66 23.21 2,500 208 177 86.65 7.21 6.14
Heidelberg 246 84 45 65.60 22.40 12.00 628 46 43 87.59 6.42 5.99
Huntley 615 220 137 63.27 22.63 14.10 1,672 134 254 81.17 6.50 12.33
Korong 610 248 211 57.06 23.20 19.74 2,641 187 513 79.05 5.59 15.36
Kyneton 1,496 569 408 60.49 23.01 16.50 4,204 350 287 86.84 7.23 5.93
Leigh 509 188 144 60.52 22.36 17.12 1,136 115 149 81.14 8.22 10.64
Lexton 425 162 103 61.59 23.48 14.93 1,283 132 143 82.35 8.47 9.18
Maldon 1,124 353 235 65.60 20.62 13.78 2,903 238 451 80.82 6.62 12.56
Mansfield 273 104 151 51.70 19.70 28.60 1,153 58 222 80.46 4.05 15.49
Marong 1,155 472 443 55.80 22.80 21.40 4,035 318 505 83.06 6.55 10.39
Melton 222 89 56 60.50 24.24 15.26 551 65 43 83.61 9.86 6.53
Metcalfe 862 343 230 60.07 23.90 16.03 2,159 245 315 79.40 9.01 11.59
Minhamite 194 135 111 44.09 30.68 25.23 706 108 64 80.41 12.30 7.29
Mortlake 388 146 158 56.07 21.10 22.83 1,273 120 97 85.44 8.05 6.51
Moorabbin 554 173 116 65.72 20.52 13.76 1,506 133 79 87.66 7.74 4.60
McIvor 398 224 190 49.01 27.59 23.40 1,555 160 158 83.02 8.54 8.44
Mount Franklin 669 366 292 50.41 27.58 22.01 2,046 249 659 69.26 8.43 22.31
Mount Rouse 301 126 152 51.99 21.76 26.25 1,189 95 109 85.35 6.82 7.83
Newham 248 119 85 54.87 26.33 18.80 690 86 73 81.28 10.12 8.60
Newstead 495 190 130 60.74 23.31 15.95 1,531 105 221 82.44 5.66 11.90
North Ovens 401 190 128 55.77 26.43 17.80 1,294 127 140 82.89 8.14 8.97
Oxley 283 145 117 51.93 26.61 21.46 1,277 97 85 87.52 6.65 5.83
Portland 727 376 335 50.56 26.15 23.29 1,781 270 263 76.97 11.67 11.36
Ripon 967 385 285 59.07 23.52 17.41 2,819 251 560 77.66 6.91 15.43
Rosedale 284 174 125 48.72 29.84 21.44 985 78 77 86.40 6.84 6.76
Seymour 302 141 132 52.52 24.52 22.96 1,315 108 107 85.95 7.06 6.99
Springfield 177 77 97 50.43 21.94 27.63 511 55 72 80.09 8.62 11.29
St. Arnaud 306 193 121 49.35 31.13 19.52 1,513 102 209 82.95 5.59 11.46
Stawell 354 158 125 55.57 24.81 19.62 1,168 91 294 75.21 5.86 18.93
Strathfieldsaye 675 266 329 53.15 20.94 25.91 1,938 215 316 78.50 8.71 12.79
Talbot 771 348 249 56.36 25.44 18.20 2,295 292 297 79.58 10.12 10.30
Tullaroop 989 368 276 60.56 22.54 16.90 2,993 270 541 78.68 7.10 14.22
Waranga 519 276 223 50.98 27.11 21.91 2,265 166 229 85.15 6.24 8.61
Warrnambool 1,334 631 656 50.90 24.07 25.03 3,658 555 526 77.19 11.71 11.10
Wimmera 220 71 134 51.76 16.71 31.53 1,121 83 137 83.59 6.19 10.22
Winchelsea 434 164 100 62.18 23.49 14.33 1,071 114 103 83.15 8.85 8.00
Wyndham 234 87 67 60.31 22.42 17.27 701 69 56 84.87 8.35 6.73
Yackandandah 917 291 241 63.29 20.08 16.63 2,170 161 549 75.35 5.59 19.06