MARRIAGEABLE MEN AND WOMEN, 1854 TO 1881.
| Year of Census. |
Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. |
| Bachelors and Widowers (Marriageable Men). |
Spinsters and Widows (Marriageable Women). |
Marriageable Women per 100 Marriageable Men. |
| 1854 |
70,865 |
15,083 |
21.28 |
| 1857 |
95,427 |
26,317 |
27.58 |
| 1861 |
106,940 |
37,006 |
34.60 |
| 1871 |
89,921 |
65,386 |
72.71 |
| 1881 |
99,867 |
119,378 |
119.54 |