PROPORTION OF MARRIAGES TO POPULATION AND TO SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN, 1854 TO 1881.
| Year of Census. |
Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. |
| Population. |
Number of Marriages. |
Proportion of Marriages per 1,000 of the— |
| Population. |
Marriageable Men (Marriage Rate). |
Marriageable Women. |
| 1854 |
234,361 |
3,696 |
15.77 |
52.16 |
245.04 |
| 1857 |
383,668 |
4,465 |
11.64 |
46.79 |
169.66 |
| 1861 |
513,896 |
4,528 |
8.81 |
42.34 |
122.36 |
| 1871 |
712,263 |
4,715 |
6.62 |
52.43 |
72.11 |
| 1881 |
849,438 |
5,732 |
6.75 |
57.40 |
48.02 |