TABLE II.—SHOWING the NUMBER of MALES and FEMALES of each QUINQUENNIAL PERIOD of AGE in the undermentioned Divisions of the Colony who can READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and CANNOT READ.
Age and Sex.		The Colony.					City of Perth.
Age and Sex.		Persons.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Unspecified.	Persons.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Unspecified.
All Ages	Males	17,062	11,516	1,249	4,125	172	2,479	1,779	135	565
All Ages	Females	12,646	8,021	1,163	3,412	50	2,565	1,787	187	591
Total under 5 years	Males	2,070			2,070		337			337
Total under 5 years	Females	2,071			2,071		337			337
5 years	Males	348	4	68	276		55	1	6	48
5 years	Females	416	10	84	322		77	2	13	62
6 years	Males	386	48	147	187	4	69	7	27	35
6 years	Females	357	63	135	151	8	70	16	23	31
7 years	Males	374	129	123	113	9	63	37	13	13
7 years	Females	367	128	123	111	5	77	35	17	25
8 years	Males	364	207	89	64	4	61	44	14	3
8 years	Females	357	221	83	48	5	79	55	16	8
9 years	Males	406	294	56	52	4	65	58	5	2
9 years	Females	350	252	61	36	1	65	57	6	2
10 years	Males	370	281	42	43	4	64	58	3	3
10 years	Females	355	299	37	15	4	77	73	4
11 years	Males	364	306	33	24	1	62	56	5	1
11 years	Females	365	309	33	23		86	80	3	3
12 years	Males	377	310	30	33	4	62	56	3	3
12 years	Females	332	290	26	13	3	60	58	1	1
13 years	Males	341	294	25	21	1	51	50	1
13 years	Females	357	329	14	15		82	76	4	2
14 years	Males	350	298	27	20	5	69	64	3	2
14 years	Females	335	306	13	13	3	76	74		2
Total of 5 and under 15 years	Males	3,680	2,171	640	833	36	621	431	80	110
Total of 5 and under 15 years	Females	3,591	2,207	609	746	29	749	526	87	136
15 and under 20 years	Males	1,505	1,310	61	131	3	245	241		4
15 and under 20 years	Females	1,547	1,448	45	48	6	323	315	3	5
20 and under 21 years	Males	289	250	11	26	2	40	38		2
20 and under 21 years	Females	285	269	4	11	1	57	56		1
Total of 15 and under 21 years	Males	1,794	1,560	72	157	5	285	279		6
Total of 15 and under 21 years	Females	1,832	1,717	49	59	7	380	371	3	6
21 and under 25 years	Males	1,097	924	50	103	20	136	127	4	5
21 and under 25 years	Females	937	867	23	46	1	191	185	2	4
25 and under 30 years	Males	1,102	928	30	117	27	138	129	1	8
25 and under 30 years	Females	849	768	39	41	1	170	161	2	7
30 and under 35 years	Males	830	715	28	74	13	113	108	2	3
30 and under 35 years	Females	685	594	39	49	3	125	103	7	15
35 and under 40 years	Males	1,036	886	48	91	11	110	98	3	9
35 and under 40 years	Females	648	515	59	72	2	136	104	13	19
40 and under 45 years	Males	1,155	983	61	106	5	139	129	6	4
40 and under 45 years	Females	616	434	87	93	2	149	117	14	18
45 and under 50 years	Males	1,232	1,011	74	139	8	115	95	8	12
45 and under 50 years	Females	494	312	87	94	1	107	70	20	17
50 and under 55 years	Males	1,114	876	95	140	3	137	118	4	15
50 and under 55 years	Females	323	194	70	56	3	71	39	22	10
55 and under 60 years	Males	698	560	55	81	2	112	93	8	11
55 and under 60 years	Females	216	154	38	24		51	39	6	6
60 and under 65 years	Males	595	453	41	96	5	86	69	6	11
60 and under 65 years	Females	187	131	31	24	1	48	37	6	5
65 and under 70 years	Males	262	192	25	45		55	42	2	11
65 and under 70 years	Females	94	62	17	15		23	14	3	6
70 and under 75 years	Males	182	134	15	33		52	35	4	13
70 and under 75 years	Females	59	39	10	10		19	14	2	3
75 and under 80 years	Males	75	51	10	13	1	29	17	6	6
75 and under 80 years	Females	25	13	3	9		6	5		1
80 years and upwards	Males	40	27	2	11		13	8	1	4
80 years and upwards	Females	14	11	1	2		3	2		1
Total of 21 years and upwards	Males	9,418	7,740	534	1,049	95	1,235	1,068	55	112
Total of 21 years and upwards	Females	5,147	4,094	504	535	14	1,099	890	97	112
Unspecified	Males	100	65	3	16	36	1	1
Unspecified	Females	5	3	1	1