CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—OCCUPATIONS., TABLE V.—Showing the Occupations of Persons, Males and Females, at Ages under and over Twenty Years, arranged in Classes (exclusive of Aborigines).
Class. OCCUPATIONS. Males. Females. Total.
Under 20 years. 20 years and upwards. Age not stated. Total. Under 20 years. 20 years and upwards. Age not stated. Total. Under 20 years. 20 years and upwards. Age not stated. Total.
Total 271,879 334,791 1,333 608,003 267,308 248,208 435 515,951 539,187 582,999 1,768 1,123,954
Total, Specified Occupations 271,453 333,377 840 605,670 267,276 247,889 255 515,420 538,729 581,266 1,095 1,121,090
SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.
I PROFESSIONAL (Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, mainly engaged in the government and defence of the country, and in satisfying the moral intellectual, and social wants of its inhabitants.) 2,191 18,871 27 21,089 1,538 8,859 5 10,402 3,729 27,730 32 31,491
II DOMESTIC (Embracing all persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which remuneration is usually paid.) 2,714 14,901 44 17,659 12,795 25,359 54 38,208 15,509 40,260 98 55,867
III COMMERCIAL—(Embracing all persons directly connected with the hire, sale, transfer, distribution, storage, and security of property and materials, and with the transport of persons or goods, or engaged in effecting communication.)
Sub-class.
A.—Property and Finance 838 6,427 2 7,267 8 642 2 652 846 7,069 4 7,919
B.—Trade 8,032 35,270 56 43,358 947 3,236 2 4,185 8,979 38,506 58 47,543
C.—Storage 28 285 313 1 1 29 285 314
D.—Transport and Communication 3,897 26,422 34 30,353 32 468 500 3,929 26,890 34 30,853
IV INDUSTRIAL (Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, who are principally engaged in various works of utility, or in specialties connected with the manufacture, construction, modification, or alteration of materials so as to render them more available for the various uses of man, but excluding, as far as possible, all who are mainly or solely engaged in the service of commercial interchange.) 17,710 104,661 279 122,650 6,669 11,124 8 17,801 24,379 115,785 287 140,451
V. PRIMARY PRODUCERS—(Embracing all persons mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources.)
Sub-class.
A.—Agriculture 12,871 54,516 189 67,576 2,451 4,570 1 7,022 15,322 59,086 190 74,598
B.—Pastoral pursuits 4,540 26,555 77 31,172 2,400 2,691 1 5,092 6,940 29,246 78 36,264
C.—Mining 3,032 27,832 72 30,936 1 1 3,032 27,833 72 30,937
D.—Other primary producers 669 4,548 7 5,224 3 3 669 4,551 7 5,227
VI INDEFINITE (Embracing all persons who derive incomes from services rendered, but the direction of which services cannot be exactly determined.) 168 4,614 6 4,788 233 5,397 5 5,635 401 10,011 11 10,423
SECTION B.—DEPENDENTS: NON-BREADWINNERS.
VII DEPENDENTS (Embracing all persons dependent upon relatives or natural guardians, including wires, children, and others not otherwise engaged in pursuits for which remuneration is paid ; and all persons depending upon private charity, or whose support is a burthen on the public revenue.) 214,763 8,475 47 223,285 240,202 185,539 177 425,918 454,965 194,014 224 649,203
OCCUPATION NOT STATED 426 1,414 493 2,333 32 319 180 531 458 1,733 673 2,864