TABLE LXII.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Husbands and Wives, the Excess of the former over the latter, or the contrary, and the Number of the former to every One Hundred of the latter at each Age at the last Four Censuses.
Ages. 1857. 1861. 1871. 1881.
Number of Husbands. Number of Wives. Excess of Husbands over Wives. Excess of Wives over Husbands. Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives. Number of Husbands. Number of Wives. Excess of Husbands over Wives. Excess of Wives over Husbands. Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives. Number of Husbands. Number of Wives. Excess of Husbands over Wives. Excess of Wives over Husbands. Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives. Number of Husbands. Number of Wives. Excess of Husbands over Wives. Excess of Wives over Husbands. Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.
All Ages 70,051 61,955 8,096 113 88,840 84,550 4,290 105 110,804 111,047 243 99 123,938 125,874 1,936 98
Under 15 years 4 4 3 7 4 43 3 3 5 5
15 years to 20 years 86 1,912 1,826 4 69 2,077 2,008 3 62 1,790 1,728 3 53 1,463 1,410 4
20 years to 25 years 4,605 12,812 8,207 36 3,327 12,960 9,633 26 2,957 11,522 8,565 25 4,790 13,505 8,715 35
25 years to 30 years 15,255 15,856 605 96 15,935 21,984 6,049 72 10,419 18,629 8,210 56 11,282 17,319 6,037 65
30 years to 35 years 16,050 12,026 4,024 133 22,103 17,684 4,419 126 16,241 20,359 4,118 80 13,871 17,443 3,572 79
35 years to 40 years 13,014 8,090 4,924 155 16,732 11,632 5,100 144 22,808 20,571 2,237 111 15,831 17,762 1,931 89
40 years to 45 years 8,999 5,141 3,858 175 12,810 8,231 4,579 156 21,882 15,365 6,517 142 17,218 17,193 25 100
45 years to 50 years 5,527 2,940 2,587 188 7,501 4,390 3,111 171 14,139 9,315 4,824 152 19,180 15,624 3,556 123
50 years to 55 years 3,335 1,679 1,656 199 5,221 2,983 2,238 175 10,029 6,419 3,610 156 17,492 11,687 5,805 149
55 years to 60 years 1,646 764 882 215 2,424 1,298 1,126 196 5,431 3,320 2,111 164 10,491 6,307 4,184 166
60 years to 65 years 817 374 443 218 1,659 831 828 200 3,697 2,198 1,499 168 7,160 4,164 2,996 172
65 years to 70 years 306 134 172 228 524 246 278 227 1,648 850 798 194 3,530 1,904 1,626 185
70 years to 75 years 149 47 102 317 244 88 156 277 944 462 482 204 1,878 1,016 862 185
75 years to 80 years 40 13 27 308 88 29 59 303 280 105 175 267 750 333 417 225
80 years and upwards 19 5 14 380 44 12 32 367 149 41 108 363 412 149 263 276
Age unspecified 203 158 45 128 156 98 58 157 118 98 20 120