CONJUGAL CONDITION, 1857-1891.—MARRIAGEABLE MEN AND WOMEN AT EACH AGE., TABLE LIII.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Bachelors and Widowers, and the Number of Spinsters and Widows at each Age, the Excess of the farmer over the latter, or the contrary, and the Number of the former to every 100 of the latter at the last Five Censuses.
Ages. 1857. 1861. 1871.
Number of Bachelors and Widowers. Number of Spinsters and Widows. Excess of Bachelors and Widowers over Spinsters and Widows. Number of Bachelors and Widowers to every 100 Spinsters and Widows. Number of Bachelors and Widowers. Number of Spinsters and Widows. Excess of Bachelors and Widowers over Spinsters and Widows. Number of Bachelors and Widowers to every 100 Spinsters and Widows. Number of Bachelors and Widowers. Number of Spinsters and Widows. Excess of Bachelors and Widowers over Spinsters and Widows. Excess Spinsters and Widows over Bachelors and Widowers. Number of Bachelors and Widowers to every 100 Spinsters and Widows.
15 years and upwards 107,533 26,317 81,216 409 122,131 37,005 85,126 330 115,832 65,386 50,446 177
15 years to 20 years 12,113 9,569 2,544 127 15,196 14,038 1,158 108 25,915 26,365 450 98
20 years to 25 years 26,928 7,544 19,384 357 24,501 9,459 15,042 270 20,290 13,762 6,528 147
25 years to 30 years 28,442 3,320 25,122 857 30,807 4,631 26,176 665 16,676 6,622 10,054 255
30 years to 35 years 15,926 1,547 14,379 1,029 20,833 2,255 18,578 924 12,828 3,603 9,225 356
35 years to 40 years 8,644 977 7,667 885 11,018 1,432 9,586 769 11,222 2,937 8,285 382
40 years to 45 years 5,584 783 4,801 713 7,433 1,207 6,226 616 9,161 2,461 6,700 372
45 years to 50 years 3,145 531 2,614 592 4,006 792 3,214 506 6,003 1,991 4,012 302
50 years to 55 years 2,146 613 1,533 350 3,048 984 2,064 310 5,138 2,047 3,091 251
55 years to 60 years 1,212 418 794 290 1,508 655 853 230 2,787 1,443 1,344 193
60 years to 65 years 732 378 354 191 1,295 734 561 176 2,285 1,559 726 147
65 years to 70 years 334 191 143 175 549 325 224 169 1,325 1,031 294 129
70 years to 75 years 193 112 81 172 326 249 77 131 1,027 852 175 121
75 years to 80 years 124 39 85 318 140 88 52 159 384 351 33 109
80 years and upwards 57 27 30 211 116 62 54 187 258 255 3 101
Age unspecified 1,953 268 1,685 729 1,355 94 1,261 1,441 533 107 426 498