TABLE III.—SUMMARY :—Showing the NUMBER of PERSONS at the date of CENSUS, 1870 and 1881, at 5 YEARS of AGE and upwards ; also the NUMBER of PERSONS of both SEXES at the CENSUS of 1881, at 5 and under FIFTEEN, FIFTEEN and under TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-ONE YEARS of AGE and upwards ; also UNSPECIFIED as to AGE ; and the NUMBER at those PERIODS of AGE respectively, who can READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and CANNOT READ, in each DISTRICT of the COLONY.
District.	Total of Persons under 5 years.		Total of Persons 5 years and upwards.		Persons 5 years and upwards.								Sex.	Total under 5 years.	Total of age of 5 and under 15 years.
	Total of Persons under 5 years.		Total of Persons 5 years and upwards.		Read and Write.		Read only.		Cannot Read.		Unspecified.			Total under 5 years.	Total of age of 5 and under 15 years.
	1870.	1881.	1870.	1881.	1870.	1881.	1870.	1881.	1870.	1881.	1870.	1881.		1881.	1881.
Blackwood		56		314		260		23		31			Males	27	41
Blackwood													Females	29	51
Fremantle	482	562	3,314	3,571	2,010	2,817	363	358	358	396	583		Males	281	516
Fremantle													Females	281	508
Greenough and Irwin	265	256	1,292	1,512	787	1,097	221	150	284	204		61	Males	146	239
Greenough and Irwin													Females	110	218
Murray	111	128	628	705	363	550	94	56	126	91	45	8	Males	71	105
Murray													Females	57	100
The North	18	54	154	607	141	471	7	16	6	61		59	Males	28	34
The North													Females	26	30
Perth	705	781	4,539	5,041	3,236	4,030	555	398	511	613	237		Males	392	766
Perth													Females	389	820
Plantagenet	232	216	1,419	1,427	887	1,159	131	111	325	141	66	16	Males	106	177
Plantagenet													Females	110	162
Sussex	155	183	899	990	528	786	110	94	187	110	74		Males	85	139
Sussex													Females	98	158
Swan	275	297	1,535	1,627	909	1,218	164	160	326	227	136	22	Males	156	297
Swan													Females	141	245
Toodyay	369	388	2,145	2,381	1,384	1,743	276	253	443	385	42		Males	168	380
Toodyay													Females	220	314
Victoria	237	372	1,149	2,237	594	1,611	115	226	351	348	89	52	Males	189	263
Victoria													Females	183	298
Wellington	328	304	1,968	1,639	1,178	1,270	241	182	424	183	125	4	Males	149	246
Wellington													Females	155	250
Williams		184		1,141		861		99		181			Males	97	132
Williams													Females	87	147
York	350	360	2,216	2,375	1,282	1,664	279	286	582	425	73		Males	175	345
York													Females	185	290
Grand Total of Colony	3,527	4,141	21,258	25,567	13,299	19,537	2,556	2,412	3,933	3,396	1,470	222	Males	2,670	3,680
Grand Total of Colony													Females	2,071	3,591