OCCUPATIONS., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION in the several TOWNS and VILLAGES, at the 1st MARCH, 1856, classified with referene to OCCUPATION.
TOWNS. TRADE AND COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE. GRAZING. HORTICULTURE. WINE-GROWING. MINING. ARTIFICERS. UNSKILLED LABORERS. MARINERS. DOMESTIC SERVICE. LEARNED PROFESSIONS. TEACHERS OTHER EDUCATED PROFESSIONS. ALMS PEOPLE AND PAUPERS. MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS. OCCUPATIONS NOT STATED. TOTALS.
M. F. Sheep. Cattle and Horses. Precious Metals. Inferior Metals. Coal. M. F. Legal. Medical. Clerical. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS.
Aberdeen 1 2 1 1 3 9 3 1 1 3 1 12 33 35 36 71
Albury 22 23 2 2 4 2 73 87 2 17 28 4 2 3 1 1 30 7 129 206 403 242 645
Appin 4 4 7 11 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 4 40 55 74 65 139
Armidale 21 5 56 11 13 2 1 55 79 33 30 1 4 4 3 1 34 15 174 315 491 366 857
Bathurst 117 6 29 8 10 8 17 1 323 218 4 109 194 5 12 5 10 15 7 173 94 693 1,191 1,749 1,500 3,249
Berrima 4 1 2 1 12 10 8 10 2 1 2 1 15 6 44 69 101 87 188
Binalong 5 5 15 6 1 12 10 6 8 1 18 43 69 122 77 199
Bombala 13 1 4 8 7 2 23 14 4 10 1 2 1 20 9 79 121 178 141 319
Braidwood 13 6 2 1 3 56 42 10 21 2 3 2 1 1 30 17 105 192 276 231 507
Brisbane 62 1 9 22 11 8 1 1 209 240 79 40 209 3 9 8 5 6 9 217 48 571 1,212 1,504 1,476 2,980
Brisbane Suburbs 17 30 65 5 13 1 2 67 115 25 10 57 1 3 6 1 45 21 323 608 723 692 1,415
Bungendore 2 7 3 1 7 17 4 1 1 5 2 34 70 81 73 154
Bungonia 2 4 1 6 15 3 1 3 25 29 19 61 47 108
Camden 7 3 18 2 3 1 1 1 49 16 6 24 3 1 2 1 1 21 11 94 193 226 232 458
Campbelltown 7 11 5 2 4 3 49 14 16 42 2 3 3 1 3 27 19 150 266 288 339 627
Carcoar 2 5 8 6 1 1 27 34 12 23 1 1 1 1 2 37 9 69 124 207 157 364
Clarence Town 7 1 4 1 2 33 11 3 1 1 1 1 7 5 78 139 149 146 295
Cooma 5 8 7 10 13 3 9 1 2 7 3 39 59 95 71 166
Dalby 3 3 8 8 8 7 1 1 9 4 15 42 55 54 109
Dalkeith 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 4 3 1 10 2 22 25 52 30 82
Deniliquin 3 1 2 5 2 21 19 7 8 1 1 21 21 43 104 51 155
Drayton 6 10 3 15 53 1 6 11 2 2 14 52 88 164 99 263
Dungog 17 6 1 37 7 5 8 2 2 1 11 50 91 118 179 177 356
Eden 11 2 9 21 41 5 15 1 18 7 33 72 141 94 235
Emu 2 1 1 3 12 2 2 5 1 1 2 6 4 33 50 64 61 125
Gayndah 8 18 1 1 16 17 12 4 1 1 7 1 20 45 102 50 152
Geringong 11 1 8 2 1 15 30 36 32 68
Gladstone 4 1 4 1 1 22 30 20 9 7 1 1 31 28 64 152 72 224
Gosford, E. 3 1 1 1 20 6 4 6 6 1 1 11 4 29 61 83 72 155
Gosford, W. 1 5 2 1 11 5 5 2 1 1 6 3 24 50 57 60 117
Goulburn 59 21 8 2 6 4 196 86 4 43 117 6 3 5 6 11 6 98 84 363 651 895 884 1,779
Grafton 11 1 11 1 16 5 70 27 11 8 19 1 1 1 2 1 1 35 8 166 259 367 288 655
Gunning 3 1 2 7 5 5 6 1 1 1 10 3 33 47 69 56 125
Gundagal, N. 1 4 1 1 28 18 4 9 40 4 39 82 136 95 231
Gundagal, S. 3 1 1 1 10 10 5 2 1 3 1 37 41 71 45 116
Hartley 5 5 1 2 7 10 5 4 12 1 1 1 11 2 21 40 68 60 128
Haydon Town 5 5 6 1 2 22 3 7 3 3 8 37 75 99 78 177
Hexham 6 1 6 5 6 4 6 1 1 1 2 47 36 78 44 122
Hinton 8 24 1 3 27 44 2 17 1 2 1 16 8 83 181 212 206 418
Ipswich 71 23 78 33 7 3 1 211 243 19 53 200 2 6 5 5 5 4 141 55 442 852 1,347 1,112 2,459
Jugiong 3 3 3 5 8 1 1 6 32 36 61 37 98
Kelso 6 1 14 5 1 1 38 20 1 12 18 1 2 3 14 15 77 114 192 151 343
Kempsey 2 3 2 2 2 6 4 5 1 1 4 6 32 42 55 57 112
Kiama 13 14 1 56 27 1 8 26 1 2 1 1 7 1 9 5 92 230 227 268 495
Liverpool 19 3 3 4 1 68 38 17 42 3 2 2 1 1 23 10 137 253 318 309 627
Macquarie (Port) 7 3 4 3 2 1 31 26 28 3 27 5 3 5 3 1 18 21 104 200 241 254 495
Maitland, E. 69 3 29 1 9 1 1 11 157 90 3 30 131 6 5 7 5 10 2 1 82 45 340 617 849 806 1,655
Maitland, W. 176 40 60 25 18 1 502 201 5 97 270 6 16 2 10 16 17 186 193 930 1,670 2,252 2,189 4,441
Maryborough 12 1 3 16 2 63 39 10 9 1 1 1 33 5 58 99 240 113 353
Merriwa 4 13 7 1 12 14 2 7 1 12 2 47 83 113 92 205
Morpeth 52 73 2 7 5 1 106 98 58 25 80 2 2 4 6 2 3 56 38 265 587 765 707 1,472
Moruya 3 2 7 1 8 7 1 1 6 2 11 1 40 58 81 67 148
Mudgee 30 2 11 1 20 1 83 45 33 30 2 3 3 5 3 38 21 186 286 461 342 803
Murrurundi 7 5 2 11 1 4 9 1 12 2 27 52 70 63 133
Muswellbrook 14 6 1 12 1 35 17 14 21 1 1 1 3 36 11 102 174 241 209 450
Narrellan 3 7 10 5 2 1 3 1 38 50 67 53 120
Newcastle 51 4 6 2 6 115 33 211 34 114 1 9 6 6 5 5 67 41 257 431 809 595 1,404
Orange 7 1 29 18 9 9 1 2 10 8 58 84 134 102 236
Panbula 4 1 11 1 1 13 9 1 3 6 2 1 3 2 1 49 95 97 106 203
Parramatta 101 12 29 2 14 28 2 1 433 241 15 76 244 4 15 9 23 27 22 306 135 254 185 1,249 2,002 2,824 2,605 5,429
Paterson 6 2 13 2 2 29 7 3 13 1 2 1 1 1 22 7 67 130 156 153 309
Penrith 17 6 1 5 72 21 20 31 4 1 2 32 16 79 210 252 265 517
Picton 6 17 5 5 3 1 1 6 5 24 58 64 67 131
Picton Upper 7 8 11 7 5 16 41 49 46 95
Pitt Town 3 11 1 9 6 5 10 1 1 1 11 4 45 75 93 90 183
Queanbeyan 13 2 2 1 3 2 1 48 33 14 26 1 2 2 1 30 1 117 205 269 235 504
Raymond Terrace 12 1 15 2 1 56 17 2 6 14 1 2 2 3 21 10 132 254 269 282 551
Richmond 16 5 66 3 5 3 103 10 1 20 53 1 4 2 4 5 2 21 27 191 338 452 428 880
St. Alban's 4 3 3 1 5 3 4 1 1 1 2 17 26 20 46 45 91
St. Aubin's 4 3 6 5 14 1 3 6 12 3 22 35 70 44 114
St. Mary's 3 12 2 2 12 13 2 10 1 1 1 10 4 55 70 113 85 198
Scone 2 6 2 23 23 7 8 1 2 1 15 6 47 101 128 116 244
Singleton 26 2 8 3 1 3 71 30 2 15 36 2 2 2 5 41 14 150 326 356 383 739
Sofala 2 1 2 117 30 6 16 11 3 2 2 48 12 96 180 325 203 528
Stockton 11 1 6 5 10 1 1 7 29 59 70 60 130
Stroud 12 32 14 2 26 13 1 4 10 1 1 1 9 74 168 190 178 368
Tamworth 9 3 8 7 1 51 37 12 14 2 1 3 2 1 25 1 87 184 247 201 448
Tenterfield 1 3 5 13 3 21 1 34 52 80 53 133
Tinonee 4 12 3 3 4 1 2 1 4 10 30 42 32 74
Tumut 7 5 1 7 1 7 22 13 1 4 12 2 2 16 3 65 88 153 103 256
Wagga Wagga, N. 1 10 2 3 9 3 4 3 6 22 38 60 41 101
Wagga Wagga, S. 4 3 6 6 20 23 10 5 2 1 1 18 1 59 76 152 83 235
Warwick 5 3 3 14 1 46 39 9 18 2 1 1 1 32 2 113 182 269 203 472
Warialda 3 5 3 4 3 1 9 9 28 37 28 65
Wellingrove 1 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 1 6 1 22 22 46 25 71
Wellington 5 11 3 6 1 17 15 1 4 2 1 16 1 48 97 127 101 228
Windsor 56 9 30 4 4 4 194 98 36 83 2 7 6 8 8 1 1 62 59 394 715 907 874 1,781
Wingham 1 5 1 4 3 17 14 17 31
Wollombi 8 1 1 1 19 3 6 5 2 1 2 1 10 6 32 78 85 91 176
Wollongong 15 5 11 1 3 1 84 10 21 21 66 2 6 6 4 9 4 1 41 15 196 342 427 437 864
Yass 16 4 3 14 2 3 52 14 18 38 2 4 2 3 4 1 53 24 166 237 357 303 660
Total in Country Towns 1,387 181 883 359 401 161 8 179 24 4,618 3,008 584 1,122 2,683 47 177 130 187 192 103 313 135 2,698 1,392 10,907 19,512 27,296 24,095 51,391
Total in Sydney & Suburbs 3,439 199 141 64 50 251 1 174 2 1 7,233 2,736 1,010 923 4,842 150 179 85 116 270 232 12 135 178 3,639 2,797 13,370 26,944 33,931 35,242 69,173
Total Urban Population 4,826 380 1,024 423 451 412 9 353 2 25 11,851 5,744 1,594 2,045 7,525 197 356 215 303 462 335 12 448 313 6,337 4,189 24,277 46,456 61,227 59,337 120,564
Total Rural & Pastoral parts 826 62 15,704 8,109 3,404 681 117 4,098 27 346 5,475 9,702 552 2,266 4,850 36 85 78 395 200 102 2 268 1 3,972 2,787 29,621 51,859 85,864 59,761 145,625
TOTAL IN THE COLONY 5,652 442 16,728 8,532 3,855 1,093 126 4,451 29 371 17,326 15,446 2,146 4,311 12,375 233 441 293 698 662 437 14 716 314 10,309 6,976 53,898 98,315 147,091 119,098 266,189