CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—BIRTHPLACES., TABLE II.—Showing the Proportion per cent. of Persons, Males and Females, of various Birthplaces at the date of each Census, 1861 to 1891.
| BIRTHPLACES. |
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION. |
| 1861. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| ALL COUNTRIES |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| New South Wales |
40.36 |
52.63 |
45.69 |
53.67 |
64.08 |
58.38 |
56.80 |
68.18 |
61.95 |
59.34 |
69.57 |
64.03 |
| Victoria |
0.46 |
0.59 |
0.51 |
1.23 |
1.31 |
1.27 |
3.48 |
3.14 |
3.33 |
3.72 |
3.46 |
3.60 |
| Queensland |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
0.39 |
0.45 |
0.42 |
0.68 |
0.80 |
0.73 |
0.81 |
1.00 |
0.90 |
| South Australia |
0.13 |
0.15 |
0.14 |
0.32 |
0.33 |
0.32 |
0.44 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
1.61 |
1.51 |
1.56 |
| Western Australia |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
| Tasmania |
0.36 |
0.43 |
0.39 |
0.42 |
0.41 |
0.42 |
0.54 |
0.54 |
0.54 |
0.50 |
0.53 |
0.52 |
| New Zealand |
0.18 |
0.20 |
0.19 |
0.20 |
0.22 |
0.21 |
0.37 |
0.40 |
0.39 |
0.80 |
0.79 |
0.80 |
| Fiji |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
| Australia undefined |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.44 |
0.50 |
0.47 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
| Aborigines* |
|
|
|
0.26 |
0.12 |
0.20 |
0.23 |
0.21 |
0.22 |
0.75 |
0.72 |
0.73 |
| Total, Australasia |
41.59 |
54.11 |
47.02 |
56.52 |
66.95 |
61.25 |
63.05 |
74.25 |
68.12 |
67.67 |
77.73 |
72.29 |
| England |
26.78 |
20.34 |
23.98 |
20.20 |
13.86 |
17.33 |
16.72 |
11.40 |
22.32 |
15.12 |
10.89 |
13.18 |
| Wales |
0.46 |
0.31 |
0.39 |
0.45 |
0.28 |
0.37 |
0.49 |
0.32 |
0.41 |
0.53 |
0.34 |
0.44 |
| Scotland |
5.55 |
4.74 |
5.20 |
4.40 |
3.46 |
3.98 |
3.85 |
2.72 |
3.34 |
3.76 |
2.66 |
3.25 |
| Ireland |
13.91 |
17.86 |
15.63 |
11.59 |
13.58 |
12.49 |
8.88 |
9.61 |
9.21 |
6.44 |
6.85 |
6.63 |
| Other British Possessions |
1.14 |
0.79 |
0.99 |
0.51 |
0.25 |
0.39 |
0.62 |
0.29 |
0.47 |
0.56 |
0.23 |
0.41 |
| TOTAL, BRITISH EMPIRE |
89.43 |
98.15 |
93.21 |
93.67 |
98.38 |
95.81 |
93.61 |
98.59 |
95.87 |
94.08 |
98.70 |
96.20 |
| German Empire |
1.81 |
1.23 |
1.56 |
1.66 |
0.90 |
1.31 |
1.30 |
0.63 |
1.00 |
1.14 |
0.50 |
0.85 |
| France and Possessions |
0.26 |
0.11 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
0.07 |
0.18 |
0.29 |
0.09 |
0.20 |
0.28 |
0.10 |
0.20 |
| Russia† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.07 |
0.01 |
0.04 |
0.16 |
0.03 |
0.10 |
| Austria† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.07 |
0.01 |
0.04 |
0.09 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
| Spain and Possessions† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Portugal and Possessions† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.04 |
0.00 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.00 |
0.02 |
| Switzerland† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.10 |
0.02 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
| Holland and Possessions† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.06 |
0.01* |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
| Belgium† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.02 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| Denmark and Possessions† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.23 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
0.21 |
0.04 |
0.13 |
| Sweden and Norway† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.41 |
0.02 |
0.23 |
0.53 |
0.03 |
0.30 |
| Italy† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.11 |
0.02 |
0.07 |
0.20 |
0.05 |
0.13 |
| United States of America |
0.46 |
0.11 |
0.30 |
0.39 |
0.11 |
0.27 |
0.47 |
0.17 |
0.34 |
0.41 |
0.17 |
0.30 |
| Chinese Empire |
6.54 |
0.00 |
3.70 |
2.62 |
0.01 |
1.43 |
2.47 |
0.02 |
1.36 |
2.13 |
0.02 |
1.16 |
| Other Foreign Countries |
1.24 |
0.18 |
0.78 |
1.01 |
0.18 |
0.63 |
0.34 |
0.07 |
0.22 |
0.24 |
0.07 |
0.16 |
| TOTAL, FOREIGN COUNTRIES |
10.31 |
1.63 |
6.54 |
5.94 |
1.27 |
3.82 |
6.00 |
1.12 |
3.80 |
5.58 |
1.07 |
3.51 |
| Born at Sea |
|
|
|
0.27 |
0.29 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
0.17 |
| Unspecified |
0.26 |
0.22 |
0.25 |
0.12 |
0.06 |
0.09 |
0.15 |
0.07 |
0.11 |
0.16 |
0.06 |
0.12 |