CONJUGAL CONDITION, 1857-1891.—NEVER MARRIED, MARRIED, AND WIDOWED AT EACH AGE.—NUMBERS., TABLE L.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Never Married, Married, and Widowed Males and Females living at each Quinquenniual Period of Age at the last Five Censuses.
Ages. Numbers.
1857. 1861.
Males. Females. Males. Females.
Total. Never Married. Husbands. Widowers. Total. Never Married. Wives. Widows. Total. Never Married. Husbands. Widowers. Total. Never Married. Wives. Widows.
All Ages 234,319 159,121 70,051 5,147 145,160 79,239 61,955 3,966 300,005 204,331 88,840 6,834 210,547 119,374 84,550 6,623
15 years and upwards* 177,584 102,386 70,051 5,147 88,268 22,351 61,951 3,966 210,968 115,297 88,837 6,834 121,548 30,383 84,543 6,622
Under 15 years† 56,735 56,735 56,892 56,888 4 89,037 89,034 3 88,999 88,991 7 1
15 years to 20 years 12,199 12,106 86 7 11,481 9,550 1,912 19 15,265 15,191 69 5 16,115 14,013 2,077 25
20 years to 25 years 31,533 26,839 4,605 89 20,356 7,341 12,812 203 27,828 24,445 3,327 56 22,419 9,206 12,960 253
25 years to 30 years 43,697 28,025 15,255 417 19,176 2,939 15,856 381 46,742 30,421 15,935 386 26,615 4,013 21,984 618
30 years to 35 years 31,976 15,312 16,050 614 13,573 1,103 12,026 444 42,936 20,085 22,103 748 19,939 1,513 17,684 742
35 years to 40 years 21,658 7,917 13,014 727 9,067 534 8,090 443 27,750 10,134 16,732 884 13,064 699 11,632 733
40 years to 45 years 14,583 4,790 8,999 794 5,924 295 5,141 488 20,243 6,420 12,810 1,013 9,438 385 8,231 822
45 years to 50 years 8,672 2,443 5,527 702 3,471 116 2,940 415 11,507 3,109 7,501 897 5,182 186 4,390 606
50 years to 55 years 5,481 1,523 3,335 623 2,292 104 1,679 509 8,269 2,123 5,221 925 3,967 137 2,983 847
55 years to 60 years 2,858 744 1,646 468 1,182 45 764 373 3,932 912 2,424 596 1,953 70 1,298 585
60 years to 65 years 1,549 408 817 324 752 35 374 343 2,954 711 1,659 584 1,565 37 831 697
65 years to 70 years 640 169 306 165 325 10 134 181 1,073 239 524 310 571 19 246 306
70 years to 75 years 342 80 149 113 159 9 47 103 570 117 244 209 337 14 88 235
75 years to 80 years 164 76 40 48 52 10 13 29 228 45 88 95 117 5 29 83
80 years and upwards 76 29 19 28 32 4 5 23 160 39 44 77 74 5 12 57
Age unspecified 2,156 1,925 203 28 426 256 158 12 1,511 1,306 156 49 192 81 98 13