Table 1. Sex and age by Council Area, Solomon Islands: 1970                            Table 1. Sex and age by Council Area, Solomon Islands: 1970                        Table 1. Sex and age by Council Area, Solomon Islands: 1970                         
Characteristics  Total Shortland Island Choiseul Vella Lavella Roviana Marovo Malaita I Malaita II Malaita III Malaita IV Malaita V Malaita VI Malaita VII Characteristics  Pelau Luaniua Sikaiana Guadalcanal I Guadalcanal II Guadalcanal III Guadalcanal IV Honiara Township Ngela Savo Santa Ysabel I Characteristics  Santa Ysabel II Munggabba_Mungik Russell Islands Makira Ulawa Santa Cruz Reef Islands Vankoro Utupua Anuta Tikopia Ships
   Total 160,997 1,950 8,017 9,227 8,499 4,538 10,911 7,633 4,947 4,211 7,667 8,492 6,797    Total 240 633 190 6,016 4,279 5,281 8,420 11,191 5,351 1,352 2,200    Total 6,453 1,504 2,715 10,921 1,469 3,433 4,053 163 232 157 1,040 815
Less than 5 21,107 265 1,158 1,461 1,177 663 1,403 944 703 536 900 966 807 Less than 5 28 115 18 756 643 812 1,130 1,274 663 183 251 Less than 5 784 179 398 1,384 222 463 610 27 42 10 130 2
5 to 9 years 25,470 327 1,357 1,636 1,327 778 1,822 1,164 854 696 1,111 1,307 1,092 5 to 9 years 44 89 46 997 793 906 1,356 1,272 828 253 307 5 to 9 years 1,019 222 410 1,638 267 597 707 34 40 22 143 9
10 to 14 years 21,229 274 1,181 1,289 1,215 604 1,590 1,063 621 560 906 1,252 1,123 10 to 14 years 26 63 21 744 530 539 1,114 952 669 159 253 10 to 14 years 854 197 264 1,644 204 460 653 24 31 28 115 7
15 to 19 years 17,207 168 776 859 978 426 1,077 746 497 424 684 916 924 15 to 19 years 26 89 12 730 390 454 992 1,616 508 111 217 15 to 19 years 639 136 235 1,267 129 440 486 16 34 12 103 90
20 to 24 years 12,853 153 510 708 821 370 814 536 291 256 539 566 385 20 to 24 years 21 30 10 486 226 321 660 1,872 403 97 268 20 to 24 years 455 107 270 771 83 255 237 9 11 9 82 221
25 to 29 years 12,259 125 543 625 607 286 808 540 298 332 680 523 483 25 to 29 years 15 63 8 483 275 472 622 1,347 402 102 201 25 to 29 years 407 66 276 757 90 264 283 11 22 11 56 176
30 to 34 years 10,427 113 438 587 527 280 678 461 320 221 476 498 352 30 to 34 years 21 32 12 401 287 402 550 966 355 78 186 30 to 34 years 440 54 247 709 98 227 218 5 7 12 62 107
35 to 39 years 8,559 101 429 502 448 244 539 404 211 213 430 463 318 35 to 39 years 14 26 16 327 219 279 430 576 352 86 124 35 to 39 years 426 95 172 541 72 204 142 11 11 14 53 67
40 to 44 years 7,980 81 316 372 369 175 620 463 285 247 447 475 327 40 to 44 years 9 23 6 258 200 259 388 449 322 54 78 40 to 44 years 290 125 148 619 94 159 177 7 11 10 62 55
45 to 49 years 5,796 72 324 265 261 137 364 317 204 149 337 359 220 45 to 49 years 10 28 7 221 146 202 246 307 202 63 100 45 to 49 years 275 94 105 383 43 111 142 7 11 8 53 23
50 to 54 years 5,201 78 230 206 216 94 391 305 197 175 318 305 221 50 to 54 years 8 21 9 186 135 178 252 234 204 44 75 50 to 54 years 259 69 74 393 40 84 103 5 7 6 52 27
55 to 59 years 3,596 43 169 131 147 99 270 196 149 144 242 246 178 55 to 59 years 3 25 6 135 89 129 176 104 118 30 27 55 to 59 years 177 57 37 231 40 55 72 1 0 5 56 9
60 to 64 years 3,224 37 214 190 120 96 198 169 100 85 201 220 114 60 to 64 years 5 8 1 115 104 86 215 95 127 27 41 60 to 64 years 159 39 32 221 37 39 90 0 3 2 27 7
65 to 69 years 2,136 43 152 122 93 85 107 117 58 56 133 121 68 65 to 69 years 3 12 7 69 90 93 94 48 65 21 23 65 to 69 years 110 28 15 158 21 36 51 2 0 4 28 3
70 to 74 years 1,630 24 115 125 70 72 92 85 59 41 97 122 73 70 to 74 years 1 5 3 41 57 60 75 36 51 17 17 70 to 74 years 68 17 11 98 17 20 41 2 2 2 12 2
75 years & over 2,323 46 105 149 123 129 138 123 100 76 166 153 112 75 years & over 6 4 8 67 95 89 120 43 82 27 32 75 years & over 91 19 21 107 12 19 41 2 0 2 6 10
Median 18.7 18.2 17.0 16.3 17.7 17.6 18.0 19.3 18.0 18.7 22.2 18.9 17.0 Median 19.2 17.8 19.2 18.5 17.2 19.2 18.1 21.3 20.1 18.6 21.3 Median 19.5 20.8 20.9 18.1 16.6 17.2 15.6 14.3 15.4 23.6 21.8 27.2
                                                                             
Male                            Male                        Male                         
   Total 85,179 1,024 4,019 4,967 4,667 2,426 5,546 3,705 2,357 2,055 3,758 4,191 3,481    Total 118 273 75 3,408 2,105 2,750 4,682 7,237 2,715 702 1,355    Total 3,201 749 1,648 5,914 748 1,805 1,949 84 124 69 482 790
Less than 5 10,937 125 597 756 603 361 761 491 355 276 456 475 438 Less than 5 14 59 8 405 364 413 577 670 355 95 125 Less than 5 389 83 200 732 110 245 296 14 18 7 63 1
5 to 9 years 13,079 166 675 811 691 378 974 590 438 332 585 673 579 5 to 9 years 28 37 18 507 408 468 685 677 437 129 159 5 to 9 years 519 112 201 834 129 327 379 17 27 8 77 4
10 to 14 years 11,484 145 619 717 674 320 872 562 318 297 470 686 639 10 to 14 years 12 29 10 454 274 291 633 499 324 84 129 10 to 14 years 437 107 153 953 103 239 321 15 17 14 61 6
15 to 19 years 9,179 89 397 442 508 232 498 347 208 197 321 441 494 15 to 19 years 10 36 3 417 173 221 646 1,141 213 46 149 15 to 19 years 326 76 154 719 62 230 227 8 19 3 42 84
20 to 24 years 6,576 79 216 365 481 215 334 174 102 82 228 201 138 20 to 24 years 7 8 1 271 86 158 359 1,335 209 47 200 20 to 24 years 196 47 192 328 31 135 98 4 6 3 25 215
25 to 29 years 6,050 68 237 346 355 145 350 217 107 133 257 209 194 25 to 29 years 5 21 3 273 106 214 322 934 192 41 138 25 to 29 years 162 25 165 358 43 112 107 7 9 4 16 175
30 to 34 years 5,427 62 218 306 291 149 289 216 131 83 209 212 174 30 to 34 years 11 13 7 242 125 204 289 699 176 39 128 30 to 34 years 211 26 152 375 42 113 91 3 2 6 27 106
35 to 39 years 4,490 60 203 298 248 135 268 178 94 100 193 200 150 35 to 39 years 10 12 7 189 109 153 215 379 171 56 78 35 to 39 years 204 47 123 303 37 101 59 5 7 6 25 67
40 to 44 years 4,166 33 145 220 210 98 305 211 130 119 219 246 142 40 to 44 years 5 9 2 149 94 134 223 307 147 27 52 40 to 44 years 143 55 84 342 51 89 81 4 7 6 23 54
45 to 49 years 3,086 37 175 160 155 73 185 151 94 85 167 171 101 45 to 49 years 3 11 2 125 64 104 131 199 102 35 61 45 to 49 years 141 46 77 215 27 67 65 1 6 4 24 22
50 to 54 years 2,889 46 119 113 111 49 205 167 98 87 152 162 109 50 to 54 years 2 7 4 111 68 90 157 178 116 26 49 50 to 54 years 128 36 55 255 21 49 63 3 3 2 22 26
55 to 59 years 2,005 26 76 65 87 46 169 114 86 86 118 133 91 55 to 59 years 1 16 2 77 42 72 102 66 72 19 16 55 to 59 years 90 31 32 130 24 30 44 1 0 3 30 8
60 to 64 years 1,870 18 122 110 74 58 122 88 61 50 103 116 65 60 to 64 years 3 5 1 76 49 61 144 66 78 14 23 60 to 64 years 83 19 24 125 25 22 39 0 2 1 16 7
65 to 69 years 1,307 31 89 77 59 45 69 57 33 35 88 74 41 65 to 69 years 1 6 4 46 51 54 64 34 37 10 16 65 to 69 years 69 14 10 106 18 23 27 1 0 1 14 3
70 to 74 years 1,017 10 61 82 45 43 57 52 32 27 67 73 48 70 to 74 years 0 3 1 24 33 45 48 26 33 13 10 70 to 74 years 39 10 8 65 14 10 24 0 1 0 11 2
75 years & over 1,617 29 70 99 75 79 88 90 70 66 125 119 78 75 years & over 6 1 2 42 59 68 87 27 53 21 22 75 years & over 64 15 18 74 11 13 28 1 0 1 6 10
Median 18.9 19.3 16.5 17.3 18.6 18.3 16.7 18.0 16.6 18.1 21.0 18.0 15.9 Median 17.5 16.6 17.5 19.1 15.2 19.6 18.5 22.4 20.7 19.7 22.9 Median 18.9 19.8 23.0 18.0 17.6 17.0 14.7 13.7 15.0 24.2 19.8 27.4
                                                                             
Female                            Female                        Female                         
   Total 75,818 926 3,998 4,260 3,832 2,112 5,365 3,928 2,590 2,156 3,909 4,301 3,316    Total 122 360 115 2,608 2,174 2,531 3,738 3,954 2,636 650 845    Total 3,252 755 1,067 5,007 721 1,628 2,104 79 108 88 558 25
Less than 5 10,170 140 561 705 574 302 642 453 348 260 444 491 369 Less than 5 14 56 10 351 279 399 553 604 308 88 126 Less than 5 395 96 198 652 112 218 314 13 24 3 67 1
5 to 9 years 12,391 161 682 825 636 400 848 574 416 364 526 634 513 5 to 9 years 16 52 28 490 385 438 671 595 391 124 148 5 to 9 years 500 110 209 804 138 270 328 17 13 14 66 5
10 to 14 years 9,745 129 562 572 541 284 718 501 303 263 436 566 484 10 to 14 years 14 34 11 290 256 248 481 453 345 75 124 10 to 14 years 417 90 111 691 101 221 332 9 14 14 54 1
15 to 19 years 8,028 79 379 417 470 194 579 399 289 227 363 475 430 15 to 19 years 16 53 9 313 217 233 346 475 295 65 68 15 to 19 years 313 60 81 548 67 210 259 8 15 9 61 6
20 to 24 years 6,277 74 294 343 340 155 480 362 189 174 311 365 247 20 to 24 years 14 22 9 215 140 163 301 537 194 50 68 20 to 24 years 259 60 78 443 52 120 139 5 5 6 57 6
25 to 29 years 6,209 57 306 279 252 141 458 323 191 199 423 314 289 25 to 29 years 10 42 5 210 169 258 300 413 210 61 63 25 to 29 years 245 41 111 399 47 152 176 4 13 7 40 1
30 to 34 years 5,000 51 220 281 236 131 389 245 189 138 267 286 178 30 to 34 years 10 19 5 159 162 198 261 267 179 39 58 30 to 34 years 229 28 95 334 56 114 127 2 5 6 35 1
35 to 39 years 4,069 41 226 204 200 109 271 226 117 113 237 263 168 35 to 39 years 4 14 9 138 110 126 215 197 181 30 46 35 to 39 years 222 48 49 238 35 103 83 6 4 8 28 0
40 to 44 years 3,814 48 171 152 159 77 315 252 155 128 228 229 185 40 to 44 years 4 14 4 109 106 125 165 142 175 27 26 40 to 44 years 147 70 64 277 43 70 96 3 4 4 39 1
45 to 49 years 2,710 35 149 105 106 64 179 166 110 64 170 188 119 45 to 49 years 7 17 5 96 82 98 115 108 100 28 39 45 to 49 years 134 48 28 168 16 44 77 6 5 4 29 1
50 to 54 years 2,312 32 111 93 105 45 186 138 99 88 166 143 112 50 to 54 years 6 14 5 75 67 88 95 56 88 18 26 50 to 54 years 131 33 19 138 19 35 40 2 4 4 30 1
55 to 59 years 1,591 17 93 66 60 53 101 82 63 58 124 113 87 55 to 59 years 2 9 4 58 47 57 74 38 46 11 11 55 to 59 years 87 26 5 101 16 25 28 0 0 2 26 1
60 to 64 years 1,354 19 92 80 46 38 76 81 39 35 98 104 49 60 to 64 years 2 3 0 39 55 25 71 29 49 13 18 60 to 64 years 76 20 8 96 12 17 51 0 1 1 11 0
65 to 69 years 829 12 63 45 34 40 38 60 25 21 45 47 27 65 to 69 years 2 6 3 23 39 39 30 14 28 11 7 65 to 69 years 41 14 5 52 3 13 24 1 0 3 14 0
70 to 74 years 613 14 54 43 25 29 35 33 27 14 30 49 25 70 to 74 years 1 2 2 17 24 15 27 10 18 4 7 70 to 74 years 29 7 3 33 3 10 17 2 1 2 1 0
75 years & over 706 17 35 50 48 50 50 33 30 10 41 34 34 75 years & over 0 3 6 25 36 21 33 16 29 6 10 75 years & over 27 4 3 33 1 6 13 1 0 1 0 0
Median 18.5 17.1 17.6 15.3 16.8 16.8 19.1 20.5 18.9 19.2 23.0 19.8 18.4 Median 20.4 18.6 19.7 17.8 18.8 18.9 17.4 18.4 19.6 17.9 16.8 Median 20.0 21.8 16.0 18.3 15.7 17.5 16.5 15.3 16.0 23.3 22.7 19.6
Source: 1970 Solomon Islands Census                            Source: 1970 Solomon Islands Census                        Source: 1970 Solomon Islands Census