CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 58., OCCUPATIONS.—Return showing, for the Female Population, the numbers under the various Heads of Occupation, and the proportion per cent. of the same to the Total Female Population, at the Census of 1881.
Occupations. Sub-Classes. Classes.
Numbers. Proportion per cent. of Female Population. Numbers. Proportion per cent. of Female Population.
Class VI.—Land.
SUB-CLASS I.—AGRICULTURAL—
1. Freehold Proprietors 246 0.072
2. Tenant Farmers and Leaseholders 581 0.170
3. Persons assisting (not hired Servants) 584 0.172
4. Hired Farm Servants 74 0.022
1,485 0.436
SUB-CLASS II.—PASTORAL—
Sheep—
1. Freehold Proprietors—Sheep Farmers 28 0.008
2. Leasehold Proprietors—Sheep Farmers 104 0.031
3. Persons assisting (not hired Servants) 24 0.007
4. Hired Servants, Shepherds, Hutkeepers, &c. 158 0.046
314 0.092
Cattle and Horses—
1. Freehold Proprietors—Stockholders 6 0.002
2. Leasehold Proprietors—Stockholders 9 0.003
3. Persons assisting (not hired Servants) 3 0.001
4. Hired Servants, &c. 53 0.015
71 0.021
SUB-CLASS III.—HORTICULTURAL—
1. Freehold Gardeners, Florists, &c. 3 0.001
2. Leasehold Gardeners, Florists, &c. 16 0.005
3. Hired Servants for Garden Work 3 0.001
22 0.007
SUB-CLASS IV.—WINE-GROWING—
1. Freehold Proprietors of Vineyard 2 0.001
2. Leasehold Proprietors of Vineyard 3 0.001
3. Employed in Vineyard 4 0.001
9 0.003
SUB-CLASS V.—SUGAR-GROWING—
1. Employed on Sugar Plantation 4 0.001
Total Land 1,905 0.56
Class VIII.—Skilled Workers and Artificers.
SUB-CLASS VI.—MISCELLANEOUS—
1. Needlewomen, Dressmakers, Milliners, &c. 7,630 2.242 7,630 2.24
Class XI.—Persons in Asylums, Gaols, &c. 890 0.261 890 0.26
Class XII.—Miscellaneous Occupations 2,170 0.637 2,170 0.64
Class XIII.—Occupations not stated 2,846 0.836 2,846 0.84
Class XIV.—Unemployed
SUB-CLASS I.—DOMESTIC SERVANTS 315 0.092
SUB-CLASS II.—MISCELLANEOUS 1,459 0.429
Total Unemployed 1,774 0.52