No. 1.—Population of Western Australia at the Censuses of 1891 and 1901, classified according to Education and Age.
PARTICULARS. Under 3 years. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
*CENSUS OF 1891—
Read and Write Males 70 169 279 373 412 425 430 419 369 416 354 374 380
Females 66 156 281 333 382 455 423 416 452 409 388 376 398
Read only Males 10 37 77 86 84 57 49 30 27 19 17 16 16 6 6
Females 13 46 70 89 101 60 35 46 20 10 9 7 7 7 3
Cannot Read Males 2,145 642 573 428 286 152 102 53 58 41 35 35 38 34 39 31
Females 2,092 686 530 390 252 149 92 58 33 22 28 20 17 12 13 25
Not stated Males 16 18 31 36 17 14 12 10 4 9 4 3 2 5
Females 7 20 44 20 15 13 4 10 4 3 5 3 2 2
TOTAL Males 2,145 668 628 606 577 532 546 526 523 502 482 421 474 407 421 422
Females 2,092 706 596 570 517 546 498 479 544 469 457 486 436 409 398 426
CENSUS OF 1901—
English Language—
Read and Write Males 204 648 1,332 1,599 1,562 1,556 1,471 1,498 1,340 1,388 1,313 1,275 1,236
Females 211 671 1,365 1,559 1,628 1,584 1,474 1,427 1,323 1,291 1,172 1,162 1,062
Read only Males 7 49 284 384 151 74 29 21 11 7 10 5 3 6 6
Females 8 62 243 337 121 56 30 13 13 5 4 4 6 5 4
Foreign Language only—
Read and Write Males 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 11 16 15
Females 2
Read only Males
Females
Cannot Read Males 6,836 1,917 1,632 1,254 703 347 150 80 57 31 43 19 23 31 29 32
Females 6,741 1,818 1,605 1,230 735 323 154 90 50 39 23 20 21 17 19 16
Not stated Males 21 30 18 12 5 3 2 6 1 2 6 2 4
Females 44 28 17 9 5 5 7 3 3 11 8 6 2
TOTAL Males 6,836 1,924 1,681 1,763 1,765 1,848 1,836 1,679 1,641 1,517 1,555 1,373 1,419 1,364 1,328 1,293
Females 6,741 1,826 1,667 1,728 1,771 1,826 1,778 1,753 1,652 1,533 1,458 1,350 1,327 1,203 1,194 1,081