CONJUGAL CONDITION.—GENERAL SUMMARY: NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS PER CENT.

TABLE III.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris and Chinese) the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and Divorced Males and Females, at various Ages, as shown by the Census of the 2nd April, 1911.

| Ages. | Numbers. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Proportions to every 100 living at Each Age. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | Males. | | | | | | Females. | | | | | | | | | Males. | | | | | Females. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Total. | Unmarried. | Husbands. | Widowers. | Divorced. | Not stated. | Total. | Unmarried. | Wives. | Widows. | Divorced. | Not stated. | Unmarried. | Husbands. | Widowers. | Divorced. | Unmarried. | Wives. | Widows. | Divorced. |
| All ages .. | 529,368 | 340,978 | 172,154 | 14,261 | 575 | 1,400 | 476,470 | 278,356 | 171,247 | 25,794 | 411 | 662 | 64·58 | 32·61 | 2·70 | 0·11 | 58·50 | 36·00 | 5·42 | 0·08 |
| Specified ages .. | 528,553 | 340,572 | 171,936 | 14,222 | 573 | 1,250 | 475,945 | 278,185 | 170,989 | 25,725 | 411 | 635 | 64·58 | 32·61 | 2·70 | 0·11 | 58·53 | 35·98 | 5·41 | 0·08 |
| 14 years and upwards | 377,468 | 189,487 | 171,936 | 14,222 | 573 | 1,250 | 329,806 | 132,046 | 170,989 | 25,725 | 411 | 635 | 50·37 | 45·70 | 3·78 | 0·15 | 40·11 | 51·95 | 7·82 | 0·12 |
| Under 14 years .. | 151,085 | 151,085 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 146,139 | 146,139 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 14 years to 15 years .. | 9,124 | 9,123 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8,908 | 8,908 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99·99 | 0·01 | .. | .. | 99·97 | 0·03 | .. | .. |
| 15 ,, 16 ,, .. | 8,727 | 8,727 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8,616 | 8,612 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99·97 | 0·03 | .. | .. |
| 16 ,, 17 ,, .. | 8,924 | 8,923 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8,847 | 8,817 | 26 | .. | .. | 4 | 99·99 | 0·01 | .. | .. | 99·71 | 0·29 | .. | .. |
| 17 ,, 18 ,, .. | 8,909 | 8,902 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 8,601 | 8,512 | 76 | .. | .. | 13 | 99·99 | 0·01 | .. | .. | 99·12 | 0·88 | .. | .. |
| 18 ,, 19 ,, .. | 9,021 | 8,991 | 15 | .. | .. | 15 | 8,692 | 8,421 | 254 | 2 | .. | 15 | 99·83 | 0·17 | .. | .. | 97·05 | 2·93 | 0·02 | .. |
| 19 ,, 20 ,, .. | 9,192 | 9,132 | 32 | .. | .. | 28 | 8,903 | 8,266 | 609 | 3 | .. | 25 | 99·65 | 0·35 | .. | .. | 93·11 | 6·86 | 0·03 | .. |
| 20 ,, 21 ,, .. | 8,829 | 8,681 | 108 | 1 | .. | 39 | 8,731 | 7,577 | 1,111 | 3 | .. | 40 | 98·76 | 1·23 | 0·01 | .. | 87·18 | 12·78 | 0·04 | .. |
| 21 ,, 25 ,, .. | 40,691 | 36,574 | 3,821 | 29 | 3 | 264 | 37,379 | 25,409 | 11,718 | 69 | 11 | 172 | 90·47 | 9·45 | 0·07 | 0·01 | 68·29 | 31·49 | 0·19 | 0·03 |
| 25 ,, 30 ,, .. | 54,416 | 34,816 | 19,059 | 250 | 27 | 264 | 47,510 | 19,225 | 27,762 | 336 | 52 | 135 | 64·29 | 35·20 | 0·46 | 0·05 | 40·58 | 58·60 | 0·71 | 0·11 |
| 30 ,, 35 ,, .. | 49,158 | 19,670 | 28,704 | 518 | 71 | 195 | 42,706 | 10,897 | 30,992 | 697 | 63 | 57 | 40·17 | 58·62 | 1·06 | 0·15 | 25·55 | 72·67 | 1·63 | 0·15 |
| 35 ,, 40 ,, .. | 39,219 | 11,127 | 27,148 | 748 | 87 | 109 | 33,432 | 6,765 | 25,466 | 1,082 | 84 | 35 | 28·45 | 69·41 | 1·92 | 0·22 | 20·26 | 76·25 | 3·24 | 0·25 |
| 40 ,, 45 ,, .. | 30,919 | 6,884 | 23,026 | 838 | 86 | 85 | 27,255 | 4,226 | 21,338 | 1,580 | 62 | 49 | 22·32 | 74·68 | 2·72 | 0·28 | 15·53 | 78·43 | 5·81 | 0·23 |
| 45 ,, 50 ,, .. | 23,979 | 4,688 | 18,239 | 940 | 67 | 45 | 20,694 | 2,581 | 15,974 | 2,056 | 58 | 25 | 19·59 | 76·20 | 3·93 | 0·28 | 12·49 | 77·28 | 9·95 | 0·28 |
| 50 ,, 55 ,, .. | 20,013 | 3,671 | 15,044 | 1,158 | 90 | 50 | 16,573 | 1,521 | 12,300 | 2,706 | 34 | 12 | 18·39 | 75·36 | 5·80 | 0·45 | 9·19 | 74·27 | 16·34 | 0·20 |
| 55 ,, 60 ,, .. | 16,438 | 2,704 | 12,236 | 1,415 | 48 | 35 | 12,607 | 832 | 8,780 | 2,964 | 19 | 12 | 16·48 | 74·60 | 8·63 | 0·29 | 6·61 | 69·71 | 23·53 | 0·15 |
| 60 ,, 65 ,, .. | 12,599 | 2,037 | 8,980 | 1,502 | 45 | 35 | 10,225 | 544 | 6,276 | 3,376 | 14 | 15 | 16·21 | 71·47 | 11·96 | 0·36 | 5·33 | 61·47 | 33·06 | 0·14 |
| 65 ,, 70 ,, .. | 10,795 | 1,841 | 7,008 | 1,897 | 22 | 27 | 8,707 | 440 | 4,404 | 3,851 | 4 | 8 | 17·10 | 65·08 | 17·62 | 0·20 | 5·06 | 50·63 | 44·27 | 0·04 |
| 70 ,, 75 ,, .. | 8,611 | 1,524 | 4,982 | 2,053 | 17 | 28 | 6,030 | 261 | 2,544 | 3,215 | 3 | 7 | 17·75 | 58·13 | 23·92 | 0·20 | 4·33 | 42·24 | 53·38 | 0·05 |
| 75 ,, 80 ,, .. | 5,175 | 973 | 2,525 | 1,653 | 7 | 17 | 3,260 | 132 | 1,018 | 2,102 | 3 | 5 | 18·86 | 48·95 | 32·05 | 0·14 | 4·06 | 31·27 | 64·58 | 0·09 |
| 80 ,, 85 ,, .. | 2,032 | 376 | 796 | 852 | 1 | 7 | 1,445 | 67 | 262 | 1,109 | 3 | 4 | 18·57 | 39·31 | 42·07 | 0·05 | 4·65 | 18·18 | 76·96 | 0·21 |
| 85 years and upwards | 697 | 123 | 203 | 368 | 2 | 1 | 685 | 33 | 76 | 574 | 1 | 1 | 17·67 | 29·17 | 52·87 | 0·29 | 4·82 | 11·11 | 83·92 | 0·15 |
| Unspecified .. | 815 | 406 | 218 | 39 | 2 | 150 | 525 | 171 | 258 | 69 | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |