CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—BIRTHPLACES., TABLE XVI.—The Occupations, arranged in Orders, &c., of the Chinese Females (including Half-castes), and distributed according to Ages and Grades.
Classification. SPECIFIC OCCUPATION. CHINESE FEMALES (including Half-castes). PERIODS OF AGE. GRADE.
Order. Sub-order. Group. Metropolis. Remainder of State. New South Wales. Under 5 years. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 20. 20 and under 25. 25 and under 45. 45 and under 65. 65 and over. Age not stated. Employer. Engaged own account. Relative assisting. Wage-earner. Unemployed. Not stated. Others—Grade not applicable.
2 3 9 Hospital, housemaid 1 1 1 1
7 7 Teacher, undefined 1 1 1 1
8 Governeas 1 1 1 1
8 4 Photographer, assistant 1 1 1 1
9 3 Music teacher 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 Hotelkeeper 1 1 1 1
Hotel servant, cook 1 1 2 1 1 2
Hotel servant, housemaid 2 2 2 2
Hotel servant, waitress 1 1 1 1
3 Boarding-house keeper 1 1 1 1
2 2 Cook 1 1 1 1
Domestic servant 4 24 28 2 17 3 4 2 27 1
Housekeeper 4 1 5 1 3 1 4 1
4 Nursegirl 1 1 2 2 2
13 Laundress 3 1 4 2 2 2 2
6 1 2 Draper, assistant 1 1 1 1
7 2 3 Confectioner 1 1 1 1
4 Fruiterer and relative assisting 2 2 2 1 1
3 4 Grocer 1 1 1 1
Grocer assistant 1 1 1 1
11 1 2 Storekeeper and relative assisting 7 7 1 2 4 3 4
Storekeeper assistant 2 2 1 1 2
14 4 1 Postmistress 2 2 1 1 2
16 2 1 Dressmaker 2 6 8 1 3 4 1 7
Dressmaker assistant, apprentice 3 1 4 4 3 1
Tailoress 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
4 Milliner 1 1 1 1
10 Machinist 1 1 2 1 1 2
23 1 2 Factory employee 1 1 1 1
24 1 4 Market gardener 1 1 1 1
26 1 1 Domestic duties, wife 49 83 132 8 30 89 5 132
Domestic duties, widow 2 3 5 4 1 5
2 Domestic duties, daughter 20 56 76 14 36 14 12 76
2 2 Scholar 58 133 191 2 178 11 191
3 Scholar home 1 9 10 1 9 10
3 2 Dependent on parents 64 99 163 126 37 163
3 Dependent visitor 2 2 1 1 2
27 1 2 Inmate, Benevolent Asylum 5 5 3 2 5
Not stated 1 1 1 1
TOTAL, CHINESE FEMALES 222 451 673 129 246 95 58 135 10 4 16 5 58 4 1 585