EDUCATION, 1881, INCLUSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES., TABLE LIII.—Showing the Number of, and Degree of Education possessed by, Males and Females, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, and of Chinese and Aborigines, of various Periods of Age., In this table the unspecified as to age and education have been distributed by proportion amongst the other numbers.
Ages.		Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.				Chinese.				Aborigines.				Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
Ages.		Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.
All Ages	Persons	862,346	651,567	49,535	161,244	12,128	525	78	11,525	780	233	73	474	849,438	650,809	49,384	149,245
	Males	452,083	341,565	22,573	87,945	11,869	425	64	11,380	460	116	36	308	439,754	341,024	22,473	76,257
	Females	410,263	310,002	26,962	73,299	259	100	14	145	320	117	37	166	409,684	309,785	26,911	72,988
3 years to 6 years	Males	34,176	1,998	5,315	26,863	50	2	3	45	25	1	2	22	34,101	1,995	5,310	26,796
3 years to 6 years	Females	33,293	2,178	5,660	25,455	49	1	3	45	33	1	6	26	33,211	2,176	5,651	25,384
6 years to 15 years	Males	97,888	82,826	9,672	5,390	87	56	13	18	79	56	11	12	97,722	82,714	9,648	5,360
6 years to 15 years	Females	97,414	83,826	8,798	4,790	83	61	9	13	74	57	8	9	97,257	83,708	8,781	4,768
15 years and upwards	Males	285,064	256,741	7,586	20,737	11,680	367	48	11,265	316	59	23	234	273,068	256,315	7,515	9,238
15 years and upwards	Females	245,520	223,998	12,504	9,018	78	38	2	38	195	59	23	113	245,247	223,901	12,479	8,867
21 years and upwards	Males	226,771	199,806	7,012	19,953	11,516	343	48	11,125	277	39	23	215	214,978	199,424	6,941	8,613
21 years and upwards	Females	184,609	163,789	12,143	8,677	46	14	2	30	167	43	23	101	184,396	163,732	12,118	8,546
Under 1 year	Males	11,848			11,848	15			15	15			15	11,818			11,818
Under 1 year	Females	11,578			11,578	14			14	3			3	11,561			11,561
1 year to 2 years	Males	11,338			11,338	20			20	15			15	11,303			11,303
1 year to 2 years	Females	11,043			11,043	15			15	5			5	11,023			11,023
2 years to 3 years	Males	11,769			11,769	17			17	10			10	11,742			11,742
2 years to 3 years	Females	11,415			11,415	20			20	10			10	11,385			11,385
3 years to 4 years	Males	11,538		336	11,202	24		1	23	13		1	12	11,501		334	11,167
3 years to 4 years	Females	11,210		528	10,682	17			17	6		1	5	11,187		527	10,660
4 years to 5 years	Males	11,353		1,563	9,790	12			12	4			4	11,337		1,563	9,774
4 years to 5 years	Females	11,113		1,747	9,366	17			17	14		3	11	11,082		1,744	9,338
5 years to 6 years	Males	11,285	1,998	3,416	5,871	14	2	2	10	8	1	1	6	11,263	1,995	3,413	5,855
5 years to 6 years	Females	10,970	2,178	3,385	5,407	15	1	3	11	13	1	2	10	10,942	2,176	3,380	5,386
6 years to 7 years	Males	10,979	4,302	3,862	2,815	14	4	3	7	8	2	2	4	10,957	4,296	3,857	2,804
6 years to 7 years	Females	10,875	4,589	3,654	2,632	16	6	3	7	11	2	6	3	10,848	4,581	3,645	2,622
7 years to 8 years	Males	10,709	6,911	2,648	1,150	12	6	2	4	9	3	2	4	10,688	6,902	2,644	1,142
7 years to 8 years	Females	10,832	7,333	2,441	1,058	8	4	2	2	8	7		1	10,816	7,322	2,439	1,055
8 years to 9 years	Males	10,786	8,789	1,451	546	8	4	3	1	12	8	4		10,766	8,777	1,444	545
8 years to 9 years	Females	10,764	9,046	1,249	469	10	6	3	1	10	10			10,744	9,030	1,246	468
9 years to 10 years	Males	11,084	10,070	734	280	10	7	3		5	5			11,069	10,058	731	280
9 years to 10 years	Females	11,020	10,081	696	243	10	9	1		5	4	1		11,005	10,068	694	243
10 years to 11 years	Males	11,553	10,942	417	194	6	5	1		8	7	1		11,539	10,930	415	194
10 years to 11 years	Females	11,405	10,932	331	142	9	8		1	11	10		1	11,385	10,914	331	140
11 years to 12 years	Males	10,718	10,359	223	136	9	8	1		13	8	1	4	10,696	10,343	221	132
11 years to 12 years	Females	10,582	10,309	196	77	4	3		1	11	9	1	1	10,567	10,297	195	75
12 years to 13 years	Males	11,126	10,888	136	102	6	5		1	4	3	1		11,116	10,880	135	101
12 years to 13 years	Females	11,121	10,943	100	78	10	10			4	3		1	11,107	10,930	100	77
13 years to 14 years	Males	10,773	10,596	103	74	10	9		1	11	11			10,752	10,576	103	73
13 years to 14 years	Females	10,678	10,543	87	48	8	7		1	8	6		2	10,662	10,530	87	45
14 years to 15 years	Males	10,160	9,969	98	93	12	8		4	9	9			10,139	9,952	98	89
14 years to 15 years	Females	10,137	10,050	44	43	8	8			6	6			10,123	10,036	44	43
15 years to 20 years	Males	49,445	48,382	458	605	97	20		77	32	17		15	49,316	48,345	458	513
15 years to 20 years	Females	51,191	50,656	278	257	27	21		6	24	14		10	51,140	50,621	278	241
20 years to 21 years	Males	8,848	8,553	116	179	67	4		63	7	3		4	8,774	8,546	116	112
20 years to 21 years	Females	9,720	9,553	83	84	5	3		2	4	2		2	9,711	9,548	83	80
21 years to 25 years	Males	31,745	30,677	372	696	203	19	1	183	19	9	3	7	31,523	30,649	368	506
21 years to 25 years	Females	33,604	32,943	336	325	15	6		9	26	20		6	33,563	32,917	336	310
25 years to 30 years	Males	27,482	26,025	413	1,044	604	27	2	575	45	18	9	18	26,833	25,980	402	451
25 years to 30 years	Females	26,992	25,938	563	491	14	5		9	29	12	2	15	26,949	25,921	561	467
30 years to 35 years	Males	22,633	20,797	497	1,339	692	29	5	658	34	7	4	23	21,907	20,761	488	658
30 years to 35 years	Females	21,954	20,401	840	713	9	1		8	21	7	2	12	21,924	20,393	838	693
35 years to 40 years	Males	23,434	20,853	676	1,905	1,068	52	9	1,007	35	3	1	31	22,331	20,798	666	867
35 years to 40 years	Females	21,571	19,361	1,279	931	3	1	2		21	3	2	16	21,547	19,357	1,275	915
40 years to 45 years	Males	25,948	21,742	868	3,338	2,364	76	22	2,266	41		4	37	23,543	21,666	842	1,035
40 years to 45 years	Females	21,245	17,955	1,905	1,385	4	1		3	27	1	1	25	21,214	17,953	1,904	1,357
45 years to 50 years	Males	28,354	23,946	984	3,424	2,614	55	7	2,552	32	2	1	29	25,708	23,889	976	843
45 years to 50 years	Females	19,439	15,973	2,101	1,365	1			1	11			11	19,427	15,973	2,101	1,353
50 years to 55 years	Males	26,439	22,289	956	3,194	1,840	37		1,803	32		1	31	24,567	22,252	955	1,360
50 years to 55 years	Females	15,296	12,387	1,750	1,159					13		10	3	15,283	12,387	1,740	1,156
55 years to 60 years	Males	15,967	13,519	687	1,761	1,038	22	1	1,015	9			9	14,920	13,497	686	737
55 years to 60 years	Females	9,118	7,379	1,080	659					4			4	9,114	7,379	1,080	655
60 years to 65 years	Males	12,046	9,735	669	1,642	781	18	1	762	10			10	11,255	9,717	668	870
60 years to 65 years	Females	7,008	5,341	1,015	652					9		6	3	6,999	5,341	1,009	649
65 years to 70 years	Males	6,156	5,042	379	735	193	3		190	7			7	5,956	5,039	379	538
65 years to 70 years	Females	3,801	2,888	542	371					3			3	3,798	2,888	542	368
70 years to 75 years	Males	3,686	2,955	272	459	86	5		81	7			7	3,593	2,950	272	371
70 years to 75 years	Females	2,524	1,824	396	304					2			2	2,522	1,824	396	302
75 years to 80 years	Males	1,782	1,420	135	227	25			25	4			4	1,753	1,420	135	198
75 years to 80 years	Females	1,215	875	190	150					1			1	1,214	875	190	149
80 years to 85 years	Males	851	648	65	138	7			7	1			1	843	648	65	130
80 years to 85 years	Females	621	397	111	113									621	397	111	113
85 years and upwards	Males	248	158	39	51	1			1	1			1	246	158	39	49
85 years and upwards	Females	221	127	35	59									221	127	35	59