β¨ Census population statistics
Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 25th August, 1857.
THE following Returns, compiled from the Census for the Year ended 31st March 1857, are published for general information.
I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.
PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
RETURN of the NUMBER and CONDITION of the POPULATION for the Year ended 31 March, 1857.
NUMBER OF POPULATION.
| CANNOT READ. | CAN READ ONLY. | CAN READ AND WRITE. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRICT. | Under 5 years (M/F) | Between 5 and 10 (M/F) | Between 10 and 15 (M/F) | Between 15 and 25 (M/F) | Between 25 and 40 (M/F) | Between 40 and 60 (M/F) | 60 and upwards (M/F) | Under 5 years (M/F) | Between 5 and 10 (M/F) | Between 10 and 15 (M/F) | Between 15 and 25 (M/F) | Between 25 and 40 (M/F) | Between 40 and 60 (M/F) | 60 and upwards (M/F) | Under 5 years (M/F) | Between 5 and 10 (M/F) | Between 10 and 15 (M/F) | Between 15 and 25 (M/F) | Between 25 and 40 (M/F) | Between 40 and 60 (M/F) | 60 and upwards (M/F) | Total Males | Total Females | General Total |
| Grey and Bell | 92/97 | 28/25 | 4/4 | 3/1 | -/- | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 39/37 | 21/17 | 9/13 | 10/9 | 6/11 | 2/2 | -/- | 25/12 | 65/65 | 105/70 | 111/84 | 84/56 | 10/7 | 619 | 521 | 1140 | |||
| Omata | 57/50 | 25/9 | 1/1 | -/3 | 2/2 | 2/1 | 1/- | -/3 | 1/1 | 31/19 | 9/9 | 9/4 | -/7 | 6/2 | 2/- | -/- | 10/11 | 24/23 | 44/32 | 48/46 | 39/24 | 2/3 | 310 | 240 | 550 | |||
| Town | 71/87 | 16/11 | -/3 | -/4 | 2/3 | -/1 | -/- | 3/2 | 2/20 | 20/20 | 8/4 | 5/5 | 1/8 | 4/6 | 2/2 | -/- | 26/23 | 45/51 | 47/55 | 108/72 | 49/39 | 11/8 | 418 | 405 | 823 | |||
| RACE. | ||||
| English | 12/20 | 12/7 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 1/3 | -/- | 14/7 | 4/4 | 15/16 | 15/18 | 21/12 | 19/4 | 4/4 | -/- | 23/16 | 47/56 | 176/139 | 232/185 | 163/114 | 20/15 | 762 | 656 | 1418 | |||
| Scotch | -/1 | 1/1 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/1 | 1/2 | 3/2 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 4/3 | 7/6 | 19/9 | 5/3 | 1/1 | 44 | 27 | 71 | |||
| Irish | 2/2 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/1 | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/2 | 2/- | -/- | -/1 | -/2 | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/1 | 13/- | 11/7 | 3/- | 2/1 | 27 | 20 | 47 | |||
| Colonial | 206/211 | 55/37 | 4/4 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 7/6 | 72/72 | 64/32 | 15/2 | 2/2 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 37/30 | 82/79 | 10/11 | 2/- | -/- | -/- | 509 | 460 | 969 | |||
| Foreign | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 1/1 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 3/1 | -/- | -/- | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||
| OCCUPATION. | ||||
| Agriculture | -/- | -/- | 3/- | 1/- | 3/- | 1/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 7/- | 13/- | 16/- | 10/- | 2/- | -/- | -/1 | 44/- | 131/- | 150/- | 96/- | 6/- | 485 | - | 485 | |||
| Manufactures and Mechanics | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 2/- | 5/- | 1/- | 2/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 10/1 | 41/4 | 51/4 | 36/3 | 3/- | 149 | 12 | 161 | |||
| Commerce | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 13/- | 42/- | 14/- | 3/- | 75 | - | 75 | |||
| Professional and Official | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 4/- | 21/- | 19/- | 2/- | -/- | 46 | - | 46 | |||
| No regular occupation | 220/234 | 69/45 | 2/2 | 7/- | 1/1 | 8/1 | 5/- | 3/8 | 8/8 | 90/76 | 29/30 | 18/- | 1/23 | 19/2 | 4/- | -/- | 60/46 | 79/138 | 7/153 | 3/198 | 7/116 | 13/16 | 592 | 1154 | 1746 | |||
| RELIGIOUS SECT. | ||||
| Church of England | 139/146 | 40/26 | 4/6 | 7/6 | 4/1 | 5/- | 1/5 | 1/5 | 5/4 | 47/37 | 17/15 | 8/11 | 12/14 | 7/16 | 3/3 | -/- | 37/28 | 71/67 | 106/74 | 170/123 | 103/73 | 17/12 | 793 | 671 | 1464 | |||
| Wesleyan | 46/46 | 18/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3/2 | -/- | 1/2 | 2/1 | 1/2 | 23/22 | 11/7 | 7/4 | 4/5 | 3/2 | -/- | -/- | 11/13 | 34/36 | 41/44 | 37/37 | 34/34 | 24/4 | 280 | 253 | 533 | |||
| Primitive Methodist | 13/15 | 3/8 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/1 | 11/8 | 7/6 | 2/- | 2/3 | 2/- | 1/- | -/- | 5/2 | 13/16 | 18/12 | 11/12 | 11/9 | 5/- | 97 | 90 | 187 | |||
| Presbyterian | 8/9 | 1/1 | -/- | -/- | 1/5 | 2/- | -/- | -/- | 1/1 | 5/2 | 2/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 2/1 | 7/4 | 4/3 | 18/11 | 6/4 | 4/1 | 54 | 40 | 94 | |||
| Roman Catholic | 7/4 | 2/2 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/1 | -/3 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/- | 5/- | 4/9 | 9/10 | 2/1 | 26 | 33 | 59 | |||
| Independent | 1/4 | 2/2 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 2/1 | 2/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/1 | -/- | 3/1 | -/2 | 2/2 | 9/9 | 4/4 | 4/1 | 34 | 24 | 58 | |||
| Unitarian | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 2/2 | 3/9 | 4/4 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 24 | 17 | 41 | |||
| Baptist | 2/2 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/- | 12 | 14 | 26 | |||
| Congregational | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 1/- | 2/- | 1/- | 1/- | -/- | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Society of Friends | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 1/2 | -/1 | 2/- | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Lutheran | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 2/- | 2 | - | 2 | |||
| Mosaic | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/- | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Nil and no return | 1/- | 1/1 | 1/1 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/2 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 4/2 | 2/2 | 5/2 | 3/1 | 15 | 13 | 28 | |||
| TOTALS | 220/234 | 69/45 | 5/7 | 1/7 | 6/8 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 5/8 | 8/8 | 90/76 | 38/30 | 18/18 | 18/23 | 12/19 | 4/4 | - | 61/46 | 134/139 | 196/157 | 267/202 | 172/119 | 24/16 | 1347 | 1166 | 2513 | |||
| CHILDREN AT SCHOOL. | ||||
| At Day School | 2/5 | 9/12 | 7/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | 38/33 | 4/5 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 34/32 | 63/55 | 14/9 | -/- | -/- | 168 | 151 | 319 | |||
| Sunday School | 5/9 | 8/4 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 7/12 | 43/42 | 11/15 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 24/16 | 39/40 | 5/4 | -/- | -/- | 143 | 142 | 285 | |||
| FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS IN GARRISON... | 13/21 | 6/6 | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 3/3 | 1/1 | -/- | 3/- | 2/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/3 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 6/1 | 14/1 | 32 | 74 | 106 |
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