CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 25., BIRTHPLACES.—Summary Return of the Birthplaces of the People at the Census of 1881.
Birthplaces. |
Population. |
Percentage of Population. |
Proportion of Sexes. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
All Nationalities |
751,468 |
411,149 |
340,319 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
54.71 |
45.29 |
82.77 |
New South Wales |
465,559 |
233,515 |
232,044 |
61.96 |
56.79 |
68.18 |
50.15 |
49.95 |
99.37 |
Other Australian Colonies |
44,708 |
24,780 |
19,928 |
5.94 |
6.03 |
5.87 |
55.42 |
44.58 |
80.46 |
Aborigines |
1,643 |
938 |
705 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.20 |
57.09 |
42.91 |
75.16 |
Great Britain, Ireland, and other British possessions |
208,512 |
125,668 |
82,844 |
27.74 |
30.56 |
24.34 |
60.26 |
39.74 |
65.92 |
Total, British Subjects |
720,422 |
384,901 |
335,521 |
95.86 |
93.61 |
98.59 |
53.42 |
46.58 |
87.17 |
Foreign Countries |
28,516 |
24,698 |
3,818 |
3.80 |
6.01 |
1.12 |
86.61 |
13.74 |
15.45 |
Unspecified and born at Sea |
2,530 |
1,550 |
980 |
0.34 |
0.38 |
0.29 |
61.26 |
39.13 |
63.22 |