No. 2.—Comparative Statement of the Conjugal Condition of the Population of Western Australia at the Censuses of 1891 and 1901.
PARTICULARS.		Under 14 years.	14 and under 21.	21 and under 25.	25 and under 30.	30 and under 35.	35 and under 40.	40 and under 45.
*CENSUS OF 1891—
Married	Males		20	302	1,014	1,502	978	810
Married	Females		208	755	1,302	1,142	800	633
Never married	Males	8,204	3,247	2,389	2,766	1,340	943	524
Never married	Females	7,959	2,745	930	537	227	111	60
Widowed	Males			6	24	43	47	64
Widowed	Females		2	6	35	42	62	72
Divorced	Males						1	1
Divorced	Females						1
Not stated	Males			2	3	6	2	2
Not stated	Females			1	1	1	1	1
TOTAL	Males	8,204	3,267	2,699	3,807	2,891	1,971	1,401
TOTAL	Females	7,959	2,955	1,692	1,875	1,412	975	766
CENSUS OF 1901—
Married	Males		55	886	4,501	6,530	6,557	4,896
Married	Females		720	2,704	5,920	5,936	4,434	2,803
Never married	Males	25,426	10,406	8,949	11,171	8,044	5,486	3,376
Never married	Females	25,098	7,730	3,248	2,605	1,104	568	279
Widowed	Males		3	14	95	216	352	409
Widowed	Females		1	36	128	247	305	298
Divorced	Males			6	9	18	25	23
Divorced	Females			2	12	8	10	7
Not stated	Males			29	46	37	21	18
Not stated	Females		3	11	12	3	5	4
TOTAL	Males	25,426	10,464	9,884	15,822	14,845	12,441	8,722
TOTAL	Females	25,098	8,454	6,001	8,677	7,298	5,322	3,391
NUMERICAL INCREASE—
Married	Males		35	584	3,487	5,028	5,579	4,086
Married	Females		512	1,949	4,618	4,794	3,634	2,170
Never married	Males	17,222	7,159	6,560	8,405	6,704	4,543	2,852
Never married	Females	17,139	4,985	2,318	2,068	877	457	219
Widowed	Males		3	8	71	173	305	345
Widowed	Females		†1	30	93	205	243	226
Divorced	Males			6	9	18	24	22
Divorced	Females			2	12	8	9	7
Not stated	Males			27	43	31	19	16
Not stated	Females		3	10	11	2	4	3
TOTAL	Males	17,222	7,197	7,185	12,015	11,954	10,470	7,321
TOTAL	Females	17,139	5,499	4,309	6,802	5,886	4,347	2,625
INCREASE PER CENT.—		%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Married	Males		175.00	193.38	343.89	334.75	570.45	504.44
Married	Females		216.15	258.15	354.69	419.79	454.25	342.81
Never married	Males	209.92	220.48	274.59	303.87	300.30	481.76	544.27
Never married	Females	215.34	181.60	249.25	385.10	386.34	411.71	365.00
Widowed	Males			133.33	295.83	402.33	648.94	539.06
Widowed	Females		†50.00	500.00	265.71	488.10	391.94	313.89
Divorced	Males						2400.00	2200.00
Divorced	Females						900.00
Not stated	Males			1350.00	1433.33	516.67	950.00	800.00
Not stated	Females			1,000.00	1,100.00	200.00	400.00	300.00
TOTAL	Males	209.92	220.29	266.21	315.60	413.49	531.20	522.56
TOTAL	Females	215.34	186.09	254.67	362.77	416.86	445.85	342.69