MARRIAGEABLE MEN AND WOMEN, 1854 TO 1891 (EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES).
| Year of Census. |
Marriageable Men. (1) |
Marriageable Women.(2) |
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 |
| 1891 |
163,048 |
173,138 |
106.19 |