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Age Profile

An age profile of the population over the period of sixty years to 1901 shows a relatively young population and large families.

	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Under 5	9	7	17	12	10	5	7
5 to 13	14	16	16	25	18	16	7
14 to 19	9	7	10	11	9	11	8
20 to 29	15	13	14	7	9	4	10
30 to 39	7	9	9	9	6	5	6
40 to 49	3	9	8	7	6	7	1
50 to 59	4	3	4	7	4	2	6
60 to 69	3	3	3	2	6	3	1
70 to 79	1	1	1	3	4	4	1
80 to 89	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Over 90	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total	67	69	82	83	72	58	47

The same profile as a percentage of the population of the year concerned shows the relatively constant nature of this over the period.

	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Under 5	14	10	20	15	14	9	15
5 to 13	22	24	20	31	24	28	15
14 to 19	14	10	12	13	13	1 9	17
20 to 29	23	20	17	8	13	7	21
30 to 39	10	13	11	11	8	8	13
40 to 49	4	13	10	8	8	12	2
50 to 59	6	4	5	8	6	3	13
60 to 69	4	4	4	2	8	5	2
70 to 79	1	1	1	4	6	7	2
80 to 89	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Over 90	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

While there is a noted drop in school aged children at the time of the 1901 census, the school roll did increase thereafter, reaching 21 in 1921.