New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 4

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✨ Census Statistics

JAN. 16.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken in March last as regards the ages of the people, are published for general information.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 14th January, 1902.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

TABLE I.—Showing the Increase (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, at Different Age-periods, during the Intervals between Successive Censuses from March, 1874, to March, 1901.

Ages.	Increase, 1874 to 1878.	Numbers, March, 1874.	Increase, 1878 to 1881.	Numbers, April, 1881.	Increase, 1881 to 1886.	Numbers, March, 1886.	Increase, 1886 to 1891.	Numbers, April, 1891.	Increase, 1891 to 1896.	Numbers, April, 1896.	Increase, 1896 to 1901.	Numbers, March, 1901.
	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Numerical.	Centesimal.
BOTH SEXES.
Under 5 years ..	51,888	17,836	34·37	69,724	12,565	18·02	82,289	4,539	5·52	86,828	−3,624	−4·17
5 years and under 10 years	43,303	16,287	37·61	59,590	8,325	13·97	67,915	16,400	24·15	84,315	1,765	2·09
10 "	28,844	16,810	58·28	45,654	11,968	26·21	57,622	9,763	16·94	67,385	13,699	20·33
15 "	26,277	13,993	53·25	40,270	10,678	26·52	50,948	18,633	36·57	69,581	8,227	11·82
21 "	99,270	28,000	28·25	127,270	14,649	11·52	141,769	13,723	9·68	155,492	11,689	7·52
40 "	37,916	15,898	41·93	53,814	13,190	24·51	67,004	14,159	21·96	81,721	5,022	6·15
55 "	7,918	3,196	40·36	11,114	3,045	27·40	14,159	6,277	44·33	20,436	8,812	43·12
65 " and upwards ..	3,651	1,684	46·12	5,335	1,560	29·24	6,895	3,538	51·31	10,433	3,909	37·47
Unspecified ..	597	1,194	200·00	1,791	−459	−25·63	1,332	959	72·00	2,291	−1,323	−57·75
All ages..	299,514	114,898	38·36	414,412	75,521	18·22	489,933	88,549	18·07	578,482	48,176	8·33

| MALES. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Under 5 years .. | 26,111 | 9,271 | 35·51 | 35,382 | 6,254 | 17·68 | 41,636 | 2,184 | 5·25 | 43,820 | −1,561 | −3·56 | 42,259 | 189 | 0·45 | 42,448 | 1,876 | 4·42 | 44,324 |
| 5 years and under 10 years | 21,795 | 8,039 | 36·88 | 29,834 | 4,471 | 14·99 | 34,305 | 8,219 | 23·96 | 42,524 | 970 | 2·28 | 43,494 | 67 | 0·15 | 43,561 | −247 | −0·57 | 43,314 |
| 10 " | 14,628 | 8,452 | 57·78 | 23,080 | 5,795 | 25·11 | 28,875 | 5,190 | 17·97 | 34,065 | 6,690 | 19·64 | 40,755 | 2,289 | 5·61 | 43,044 | 56 | 0·13 | 43,100 |
| 15 " | 13,351 | 6,711 | 50·27 | 20,062 | 5,163 | 25·74 | 25,225 | 9,084 | 36·01 | 34,309 | 4,268 | 12·44 | 38,577 | 9,296 | 24·10 | 47,873 | 3,142 | 6·56 | 51,015 |
| 21 " | 61,867 | 13,892 | 22·45 | 75,759 | 6,590 | 8·70 | 82,349 | 3,679 | 4·47 | 86,028 | 2,549 | 2·96 | 88,577 | 15,036 | 16·98 | 103,613 | 18,326 | 17·69 | 121,939 |
| 40 " | 25,767 | 9,846 | 38·60 | 35,613 | 8,011 | 22·49 | 43,624 | 7,206 | 16·52 | 50,830 | 723 | 1·42 | 51,553 | 1,479 | 2·87 | 53,032 | 3,104 | 5·85 | 56,136 |
| 55 " | 4,816 | 1,988 | 41·28 | 6,804 | 1,860 | 27·34 | 8,664 | 4,193 | 48·40 | 12,857 | 5,773 | 44·90 | 18,630 | 6,126 | 32·88 | 24,756 | 1,758 | 7·10 | 26,514 |
| 65 " and upwards .. | 2,171 | 932 | 42·93 | 3,103 | 854 | 27·52 | 3,957 | 2,046 | 51·71 | 6,003 | 2,333 | 38·86 | 8,336 | 4,167 | 50·00 | 12,503 | 6,715 | 53·71 | 19,218 |
| Unspecified .. | 475 | 886 | 186·53 | 1,361 | −391 | −28·73 | 970 | 815 | 84·02 | 1,785 | −1,089 | −61·01 | 696 | −111 | −15·95 | 585 | −153 | −26·15 | 432 |
| All ages.. | 170,981 | 60,017 | 35·10 | 230,998 | 38,607 | 16·71 | 269,605 | 42,616 | 15·81 | 312,221 | 20,656 | 6·62 | 332,877 | 38,538 | 11·57 | 371,415 | 34,577 | 9·31 | 405,992 |

| FEMALES. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Under 5 years .. | 25,777 | 8,565 | 33·23 | 34,342 | 6,311 | 18·38 | 40,653 | 2,355 | 5·79 | 43,008 | −2,063 | −4·80 | 40,945 | 266 | 0·65 | 41,211 | 1,271 | 3·08 | 42,482 |
| 5 years and under 10 years | 21,508 | 8,248 | 38·35 | 29,756 | 3,854 | 12·95 | 33,610 | 8,181 | 24·34 | 41,791 | 795 | 1·90 | 42,586 | −122 | −0·29 | 42,464 | 42 | 0·10 | 42,422 |
| 10 " | 14,216 | 8,358 | 58·79 | 22,574 | 6,173 | 27·35 | 28,747 | 4,573 | 15·91 | 33,320 | 7,009 | 21·04 | 40,329 | 2,094 | 5·19 | 42,423 | −298 | −0·70 | 42,125 |
| 15 " | 12,926 | 7,282 | 56·34 | 20,208 | 5,515 | 27·29 | 25,723 | 9,549 | 37·12 | 35,272 | 3,959 | 11·22 | 39,231 | 8,480 | 21·62 | 47,711 | 3,230 | 6·77 | 50,941 |
| 21 " | 37,253 | 14,108 | 37·87 | 51,361 | 8,059 | 15·69 | 59,420 | 10,044 | 16·90 | 69,464 | 9,140 | 13·16 | 78,604 | 17,044 | 21·68 | 95,648 | 19,451 | 20·34 | 115,099 |
| 40 " | 12,149 | 6,052 | 49·81 | 18,201 | 5,179 | 28·45 | 23,380 | 7,511 | 32·13 | 30,891 | 4,299 | 13·92 | 35,190 | 3,913 | 11·12 | 39,103 | 4,232 | 10·82 | 43,335 |
| 55 " | 3,102 | 1,208 | 38·94 | 4,310 | 1,185 | 27·49 | 5,495 | 2,084 | 37·93 | 7,579 | 3,039 | 40·10 | 10,618 | 4,257 | 40·09 | 14,875 | 3,105 | 20·87 | 17,980 |
| 65 " and upwards .. | 1,480 | 752 | 50·81 | 2,232 | 706 | 31·63 | 2,938 | 1,492 | 50·78 | 4,430 | 1,576 | 35·58 | 6,006 | 2,247 | 37·41 | 8,253 | 3,882 | 47·04 | 12,135 |
| Unspecified .. | 122 | 308 | 252·46 | 430 | − | − | − | 362 | 84·44 | 792 | − | − | − | 272 | 15 | 287 | 49 | −19·07 | 208 |
| All ages.. | 128,533 | 54,881 | 42·70 | 183,414 | 36,914 | 20·13 | 220,328 | 45,933 | 20·85 | 266,261 | 27,520 | 10·34 | 293,781 | 38,164 | 12·91 | 331,945 | 34,782 | 10·48 | 366,727 |

NOTE.—The minus sign (−) indicates decrease.

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