CENSUS OF VICTORIA, 1871.—EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE—(I)., TABLE showing the number of Persons, Males and Females, and the number in every 100 living at each Quinquennial Period of Age who could Read and Write, Read only, who were Unable to Read, or of whom the Education was not Returned on the 2nd April, 1871.
AGES. NUMBER. NUMBER IN EVERY 100 LIVING.
PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES.
Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unspecified. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unspecified. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unspecified. 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 474,877 70,443 180,550 5,658 264,904 32,047 100,777 3,322 209,973 38,396 79,773 2,336 65.42 9.71 24.87 66.60 8.06 25.34 63.99 11.70 24.31
All ages above 10 years* 429,154 33,218 41,168 4,777 241,754 13,599 30,318 2,883 187,400 19,619 10,850 1,894 85.22 6.60 8.18 84.62 4.76 10.62 86.01 9.01 4.98
Under 5 years 3,981 112,677 1,948 56,974 2,033 55,703 3.41 96.59 3.31 96.69 3.52 96.48
5 years to 10 years 45,704 33,239 26,680 856 23,142 16,499 13,474 424 22,562 16,740 13,206 432 43.27 31.47 25.26 43.57 31.06 25.37 42.97 31.88 25.15
10 years to 15 years 76,309 6,159 2,733 364 38,000 3,166 1,674 162 38,309 2,993 1,059 202 89.56 7.23 3.21 88.70 7.39 3.91 90.44 7.06 2.50
15 years to 20 years 50,880 1,877 1,205 326 24,122 1,009 773 183 26,758 868 432 143 94.29 3.48 2.23 93.12 3.89 2.99 95.37 3.09 1.54
20 years to 25 years 45,036 1,771 1,983 388 21,638 707 1,254 243 23,398 1,064 729 145 92.30 3.63 4.07 91.69 3.00 5.31 92.88 4.22 2.90
25 years to 30 years 47,124 2,812 3,632 425 24,901 982 2,545 252 22,223 1,830 1,087 173 87.97 5.25 6.78 87.60 3.45 8.95 88.39 7.28 4.33
30 years to 35 years 45,951 3,944 6,688 472 26,334 1,290 5,125 284 19,617 2,654 1,563 188 81.21 6.97 11.82 80.40 3.94 15.66 82.31 11.13 6.56
35 years to 40 years 49,724 4,516 6,979 476 31,033 1,466 5,370 277 18,691 3,050 1,609 199 81.22 7.38 11.40 81.94 3.87 14.19 80.05 13.06 6.89
40 years to 45 years 42,275 3,712 6,167 374 28,116 1,381 4,902 242 14,159 2,331 1,265 132 81.06 7.12 11.82 81.74 4.01 14.25 79.75 13.13 7.12
45 years to 50 years 26,860 2,514 3,682 217 17,932 991 2,882 137 8,928 1,523 800 80 81.26 7.60 11.14 82.24 4.54 13.22 79.35 13.54 7.11
50 years to 55 years 19,378 2,233 3,148 201 12,989 985 2,356 130 6,389 1,248 792 71 78.27 9.02 12.71 79.54 6.03 14.43 75.80 14.80 9.40
55 years to 60 years 10,520 1,287 1,538 102 6,961 556 1,100 62 3,559 731 438 40 78.83 9.64 11.53 80.78 6.45 12.77 75.28 15.46 9.26
60 years to 65 years 7,434 1,117 1,401 107 4,865 476 895 56 2,569 641 506 51 74.70 11.22 14.08 78.02 7.63 14.35 69.13 17.25 13.62
65 years to 70 years 3,722 576 571 48 2,372 270 364 26 1,350 306 207 22 76.44 11.83 11.73 78.90 8.98 12.12 72.46 16.43 11.11
70 years to 75 years 2,368 417 455 67 1,487 191 275 37 881 226 180 30 73.09 12.87 14.04 76.14 9.78 14.08 68.45 17.56 13.99
75 years to 80 years 794 148 158 21 504 63 87 11 290 85 71 10 72.18 13.46 14.36 77.07 9.63 13.30 65.02 19.06 15.92
80 years and upwards 421 105 157 20 261 51 86 9 160 54 71 11 61.64 15.37 22.99 65.58 12.81 21.61 56.14 18.95 24.91
Unspecified children 19 5 25 25 8 1 11 15 11 4 14 10 38.78 10.20 51.02 40.00 5.00 55.00 37.93 13.79 48.28
Unspecified adults, and altogether 358 30 671 1,169 239 15 630 772 119 15 41 397 33.81 2.83 63.36 27.04 1.69 71.27 68.00 8.57 23.43