Table 1. Census returns for the Otago Population 1864 and 1867 (North Otago Times 1868).

	Census of 1864				Census of 1867
Age	Male		Female		Male		Female
Under 5 years	3,516	7.2%	3,359	6.9%	4,563	9.4%	4,367	9.0%
5–9 years	2,002	4.1%	2,047	4.2%	2,560	5.3%	2,420	5.0%
10–14 years	1,311	2.7%	1,167	2.4%	1,634	3.4%	1,807	3.7%
15–20 years	1,640	3.3%	1,492	3.0%	1,591	3.3%	1,288	2.7%
21–39 years	20,375	41.6%	6,780	13.8%	14,833	30.7%	6,851	14.2%
40–54 years	3,053	6.2%	1,122	2.3%	3,207	6.6%	1,371	2.8%
55–64 years	469	1.0%	240	0.5%	539	1.1%	328	0.7%
65 and above	100	0.2%	67	0.1%	186	0.4%	124	0.3%
Unknown	226	0.5%	52	0.1%	706	1.5%	5	0.0%
Total Sex	32,692	66.7%	16,326	33.3%	29,819		18,561
Total	49,018				48,380