Table No. XCIV., OCCUPATIONS according to the CENSUS of 1881, and the NUMBER of PERSONS engaged in them, arranged in the ORDER of NUMBERS, also the NUMBER of EACH SEX so engaged.
|
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Child or scholar at home |
39,423 |
19,787 |
19,636 |
| Scholars at State school |
27,221 |
14,279 |
12,942 |
| Wives and widows |
24,782 |
|
24,782 |
| Farmers and market gardeners |
13,183 |
10,125 |
3,058 |
| Miners for gold |
10,168 |
10,164 |
4 |
| Sons, daughters, relatives, and visitors |
10,091 |
1,268 |
8,823 |
| Persons engaged in attendance |
9,056 |
2,300 |
6,756 |
| Agricultural labourers |
7,857 |
7,550 |
307 |
| Scholars at private school |
6,716 |
2,947 |
3,769 |
| Station servants, not domestic |
5,824 |
5,812 |
12 |
| Labourers, branch of industry unspecified |
4,609 |
4,596 |
13 |
| Scholars not defined |
3,552 |
1,812 |
1,740 |
| Dress, working and dealing in |
3,485 |
1,133 |
2,352 |
| Houses and buildings, working in |
3,458 |
3,391 |
67 |
| Carriers on roads |
3,115 |
3,112 |
3 |
| Vegetable matters, working and dealing in |
2,906 |
2,898 |
8 |
| Stone, clay, earthenware and glass, dealing in |
2,063 |
2,061 |
2 |
| Mercantile persons |
2,027 |
1,996 |
31 |
| Carriers on seas and rivers |
1,911 |
1,903 |
8 |
| Animal food, dealing in |
1,875 |
1,695 |
180 |
| Other general dealers |
1,809 |
1,519 |
290 |
| Persons supported by funds, voluntary or from revenue |
1,739 |
1,110 |
629 |
| Metals, other than gold or silver, dealers in |
1,634 |
1,631 |
3 |
| Board and lodging, engaged in |
1,597 |
1,016 |
581 |
| Engaged in land, not in cultivating or grazing |
1,478 |
1,374 |
104 |
| Squatters and graziers |
1,468 |
1,401 |
67 |
| Engaged about animals |
1,452 |
1,449 |
3 |
| Education, engaged in |
1,365 |
594 |
771 |
| Miners for tin |
1,121 |
1,121 |
|
| Carriages, harness, and implements, dealing in |
971 |
969 |
2 |
| Persons, occupations unspecified |
951 |
759 |
192 |
| Persons, occupations indefinite |
924 |
817 |
107 |
| Station managers, overseers, and superintendents |
887 |
887 |
|
| Persons of no occupation |
885 |
785 |
100 |
| Messengers, porters, &c. |
870 |
844 |
26 |
| Vegetable food, dealing in |
837 |
742 |
95 |
| Books, dealing in |
805 |
782 |
23 |
| Drinks and stimulants, dealing in |
776 |
724 |
52 |
| Railway, employees on |
668 |
643 |
25 |
| Textile fabrics, dealing in |
645 |
507 |
138 |
| Gardeners (not domestic servants) |
629 |
625 |
4 |
| Police |
492 |
492 |
|
| Criminals |
412 |
343 |
69 |
| Medicine |
406 |
332 |
74 |
| Water, working and dealing in |
388 |
388 |
|
| Divinity |
374 |
232 |
142 |
| Clerks, accountants, &c., Government service |
361 |
361 |
|
| Furniture, dealing in |
358 |
345 |
13 |
| Storage, engaged in |
342 |
339 |
3 |
| Miners for coal |
339 |
337 |
2 |
| Machines and tools, working and dealing in |
327 |
327 |
|
| Law |
285 |
285 |
|
| Animal matters, working and dealing in |
260 |
255 |
5 |
| Ships and boats, working and dealing in |
212 |
212 |
|
| Sugar growers and coffee planters |
187 |
183 |
4 |
| Other Government officers |
173 |
161 |
12 |
| Others connected with grazing |
154 |
151 |
3 |
| Music |
138 |
58 |
80 |
| Miners for copper |
119 |
119 |
|
| Local Government, officers of |
118 |
117 |
1 |
| Persons of property or rank |
116 |
85 |
31 |
| Others connected with agriculture |
114 |
114 |
|
| Fine arts |
104 |
86 |
18 |
| Exhibitions, engaged in |
104 |
85 |
19 |
| Architects, surveyors, draughtsmen, &c., Government service |
103 |
103 |
|
| Principal officers, Government service |
100 |
100 |
|
| Watches and philosophical instruments, dealing in |
100 |
99 |
1 |
| Science |
84 |
84 |
|
| Gold, silver, and precious stones, dealing in |
83 |
81 |
2 |
| Penal Department, officers of |
54 |
50 |
4 |
| Fibrous materials, working and dealing in |
44 |
40 |
4 |
| Literature |
39 |
38 |
1 |
| Vignerons |
31 |
31 |
|
| Miners for other metals |
31 |
31 |
|
| Arms, dealing in |
25 |
25 |
|
| Pictures and prints, dealing in |
21 |
20 |
1 |
| Carving and figures, working and dealing in |
18 |
15 |
3 |
| Musical instruments, working and dealing in |
16 |
16 |
|
| Volunteers |
13 |
13 |
|
| Chemicals, dealing in (not chemists) |
12 |
10 |
2 |
| Designs, medals, and dies, working and dealing in |
12 |
12 |
|
| Army officers |
9 |
9 |
|
| Surgical instruments, dealing in |
4 |
4 |
|
| Tackle for sports and games, dealing in |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| Arrowroot planters |
3 |
3 |
|
| Naval officer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Sailor Royal navy |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others connected with defence |
1 |
1 |
|
| Soldiers |
|
|
|
| Cotton planters |
|
|
|
|
213,525 |
125,325 |
88,200 |