SUMMARY OF POPULATION AT SELECTED CENSUS DATES,Tasmania(a)(b)
| | | | | | | | | At June | At 6 August |
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| | Units | 1933 | 1947 | 1954 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 |
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Persons | no. | 227 599 | 257 078 | 308 752 | 350 340 | 390 413 | 418 957 | 436 353 | 452 837 |
| Males | no. | 115 097 | 129 244 | 157 129 | 177 628 | 196 442 | 208 641 | 216 480 | 223 755 |
| Females | no. | 112 502 | 127 834 | 151 623 | 172 712 | 193 971 | 210 316 | 219 873 | 229 082 |
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Sex ratio(c) | no. | 102 | 101 | 104 | 103 | 101 | 99 | 98 | 98 |
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Age distribution (years) | | | | | | | | | |
| 0-14 | no. | 68 590 | 73 371 | 97 448 | 117 299 | 121 323 | 109 604 | 106 538 | 107 448 |
| | % | 30.1 | 28.5 | 31.6 | 33.5 | 31.1 | 26.2 | 24.4 | 23.7 |
| 15-64 | no. | 142 669 | 162 424 | 187 953 | 206 033 | 238 053 | 268 489 | 283 363 | 293 468 |
| | % | 62.7 | 63.2 | 60.9 | 58.8 | 61.0 | 64.1 | 64.9 | 64.8 |
| 65 and over | no. | 16 019 | 19 480 | 23 351 | 27 008 | 31 037 | 40 864 | 46 452 | 51 921 |
| | % | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
Unspecified(d) | no. | 321 | 1 803 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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Religion | | | | | | | | | |
| Church of England | no. | 105 228 | 123 158 | 147 407 | 159 101 | 169 089 | 151 207 | 154 748 | 166 492 |
| Methodist | no. | 26 470 | 33 358 | 38 236 | 42 236 | 42 173 | 19 906 | - | - |
| Catholic | no. | 33 189 | 39 844 | 53 042 | 63 993 | 77 250 | 78 143 | 80 479 | 89 496 |
| Presbyterian | no. | 13 194 | 12 644 | 15 607 | 16 757 | 17 281 | 11 575 | 12 084 | 13 300 |
| Baptist | no. | 4 666 | 5 374 | 6 293 | 7 227 | 8 039 | 7 965 | 8 092 | 9 944 |
| Congregational | no. | 3 963 | 4 007 | 4 425 | 4 193 | 4 134 | 1 790 | 1 241 | 189 |
| Churches of Christ | no. | 1 892 | 2 039 | 2 267 | 2 507 | 2 500 | 2 110 | 2 046 | 1 621 |
| Salvation Army | no. | 1 142 | 1 612 | 1 815 | 2 316 | 3 176 | 3 202 | 3 437 | 3 096 |
| Uniting Church(e) | no. | - | - | - | - | - | 17 668 | 36 724 | 38 612 |
| Other Christian | no. | 5 509 | 6 179 | 10 395 | 13 204 | 20 753 | 23 848 | 25 951 | 22 989 |
| Total Christian | no. | 195 253 | 228 215 | 279 487 | 311 534 | 344 395 | 317 414 | 324 792 | 345 719 |
| Non-Christian | no. | 87 | 173 | 256 | 268 | 561 | 1 263 | 1 967 | 2 669 |
| Inadequately described | no. | 373 | 797 | 796 | 1 766 | 993 | 11 162 | 2 292 | 1 845 |
| No religion | no. | 159 | 506 | 516 | 775 | 20 221 | 36 222 | 47 852 | 55 372 |
| Not stated | no. | 31 727 | 27 387 | 27 697 | 35 997 | 24 243 | 52 896 | 59 363 | 47 232 |
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Marital status | | | | | | | | | |
| Never married (Population aged 15 years and over) | no. | 61 009 | 53 912 | 54 890 | 58 039 | 65 213 | 80 067 | 87 728 | 93 421 |
| Married | no. | 86 014 | 114 625 | 139 801 | 157 110 | 181 855 | 197 069 | 204 632 | 209 745 |
| Widowed | no. | 10 954 | 12 933 | 14 030 | 15 563 | 18 621 | 21 362 | 22 241 | 23 185 |
| Divorced | no. | 416 | 1 319 | 2 002 | 2 329 | 3 401 | 10 855 | 15 214 | 19 038 |
| Not stated | no. | 616 | 918 | 577 | (f) | (f) | (f) | (f) | (f) |
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Birthplace | | | | | | | | | |
| Australia | no. | 215 213 | 247 379 | 282 491 | 317 478 | 350 150 | 371 624 | 386 885 | 396 313 |
| New Zealand | no. | 1 201 | 1 030 | 1 112 | 1 128 | 1 550 | 2 421 | 2 763 | 3 468 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | no. | 9 588 | 7 123 | 14 113 | 16 741 | 22 513 | 23 289 | 23 226 | 24 251 |
| Netherlands | no. | 11 | 13 | 2 340 | 3 556 | 3 183 | 3 008 | 2 973 | 2 959 |
| Germany | no. | 238 | 171 | 1 794 | 2 223 | 2 009 | 1 936 | 1 982 | 2 039 |
| Italy | no. | 92 | 64 | 974 | 1 536 | 1 485 | 1 343 | 1 259 | 1 334 |
| Other European | no. | 334 | 325 | 4 535 | 5 789 | 6 184 | 5 530 | 5 491 | 5 450 |
| Other birthplace(g) | no. | 922 | 973 | 1 393 | 1 889 | 3 339 | 9 806 | 11 774 | 17 023 |
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- nil or rounded to zero
.. not applicable
(a) Indigenous persons excluded from Census data prior to 1966.
(b) As counted.
(c) Number of males per 100 females.
(d) From 1954 on, unspecified ages are pro-rated.
(e) The Uniting Church was formed in 1978 from members of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
(f) Marital status was allocated where this information was not stated.
(g) Includes 'Inadequately described' and 'Not stated'.