✨ 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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πŸŽ“ Return of the number and condition of the population of New Plymouth

πŸŽ“ Education, Culture & Science
25 August 1857
Census, Population, Statistics, New Plymouth, Demographics, Religion, Occupation
  • I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary