✨ Census Statistics




EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.

TABLE showing (exclusive of Maoris and Chinese) the Number of the Population, Males and Females, at the various Quinquennial Periods of Age, able to Read and Write, Read only, or unable to Read, and the Proportions for every 100 of the Population, according to the Census of the 5th April, 1891.

Ages. Numbers (excluding Chinese). Proportion to every 100 at each Quinquennial Period.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Education Unknown. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Education Unknown. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Education Unknown. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read.
All ages .. .. .. 478,438 24,606 116,159 3,011 254,710 12,205 59,753 1,783 223,728 12,401 56,406 1,228 77·27 3·97 18·76 77·97 3·74 18·29 76·48 4·24 19·28
Specified ages .. .. 477,877 24,588 116,121 2,705 254,331 12,196 59,733 1,540 223,546 12,392 56,388 1,165 77·25 3·98 18·77 77·95 3·74 18·31 76·47 4·24 19·29
All ages above 5 years .. 478,438 23,936 33,637 3,011 254,710 11,886 17,818 1,783 223,728 12,050 15,819 1,228 89·26 4·47 6·27 89·56 4·18 6·26 88·92 4·79 6·29
Under 5 years .. .. .. 670 82,522 .. .. 319 41,935 .. .. 351 40,587 .. .. 0·81 99·19 .. 0·75 99·25 .. 0·86 99·14
5 years to 10 years .. 45,122 15,358 24,846 751 22,203 8,039 12,847 403 22,919 7,319 11,999 348 52·88 18·00 29·12 51·53 18·65 29·82 54·26 17·33 28·41
10 " 15 " .. 78,970 1,032 807 271 39,613 546 456 136 39,357 486 351 135 97·72 1·28 1·00 97·53 1·35 1·12 97·92 1·21 0·87
15 " 20 " .. 64,404 245 427 127 32,060 160 267 62 32,344 85 160 65 98·97 0·38 0·65 98·69 0·49 0·82 99·25 0·26 0·49
20 " 25 " .. 57,136 226 460 157 27,679 137 262 98 29,457 89 198 59 98·81 0·39 0·80 98·58 0·49 0·93 99·04 0·30 0·66
25 " 30 " .. 44,583 338 529 166 22,685 166 280 111 21,898 172 249 55 98·09 0·74 1·17 98·07 0·72 1·21 98·11 0·77 1·12
30 " 35 " .. 37,759 618 600 194 20,578 281 311 111 17,181 337 289 83 96·87 1·59 1·54 97·20 1·33 1·47 96·48 1·90 1·62
35 " 40 " .. 33,103 739 797 188 18,846 326 440 111 14,257 413 357 77 95·57 2·13 2·30 96·10 1·66 2·24 94·88 2·75 2·37
40 " 45 " .. 28,183 848 957 195 15,769 353 517 108 12,414 495 440 87 93·98 2·83 3·19 94·77 2·12 3·11 92·99 3·71 3·30
45 " 50 " .. 26,192 979 974 177 15,479 383 531 97 10,713 596 443 80 93·06 3·48 3·46 94·42 2·34 3·24 91·16 5·07 3·77
50 " 55 " .. 24,124 1,016 1,008 179 15,240 443 599 123 8,884 573 409 56 92·26 3·89 3·85 93·60 2·72 3·68 90·05 5·81 4·14
55 " 60 " .. 15,369 788 679 104 9,986 354 384 66 5,383 434 295 38 91·29 4·68 4·03 93·12 3·30 3·58 88·07 7·10 4·83
60 " 65 " .. 10,727 643 608 78 6,906 263 370 49 3,821 380 238 29 89·56 5·37 5·07 91·60 3·49 4·91 86·08 8·56 5·36
65 " 70 " .. 5,639 448 346 34 3,488 186 212 17 2,151 262 134 17 87·66 6·96 5·38 89·76 4·79 5·45 84·45 10·29 5·26
70 " 75 " .. 3,728 337 272 40 2,188 124 160 28 1,540 213 112 12 85·96 7·77 6·27 88·51 5·02 6·47 82·57 11·42 6·01
75 " 80 " .. 1,762 185 158 22 1,010 75 96 10 752 110 62 12 83·70 8·79 7·51 85·52 6·35 8·13 81·39 11·90 6·71
80 and upwards .. 1,076 118 131 22 601 41 66 10 475 77 65 12 81·21 8·90 9·89 84·89 5·79 9·32 76·99 12·48 10·53
Unspecified age under 21 .. 17 3 27 19 9 1 11 9 8 2 16 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Unspecified age over 21 .. 544 15 11 287 370 8 9 234 174 7 2 53 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..


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🏥 Health & Social Welfare
18 February 1892
Census, Education, Literacy, Population Statistics, 1891