Table No. CXLIII., SHOWING the PROPORTION of each NATIONALITY, PERSONS, MALES, and FEMALES, to the TOTAL MALE and FEMALE POPULATION, at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1861, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1876, and 1881 respectively.
BIRTHPLACE. 1881. 1876. 1871. 1868. 1864. 1861.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Queensland 40.39 34.76 48.38 33.92 28.23 42.67 30.32 25.78 37.05 23.25 19.18 29.56 15.61 12.76 20.04 20.64 17.01 26.15
New South Wales 4.72 4.68 4.78 7.00 6.84 7.25 9.10 8.67 9.75 *7.71 7.32 8.30 9.78 8.87 11.19 10.88 9.57 12.88
Victoria 1.47 1.47 1.45 1.18 0.98 1.49 0.66 0.53 0.86
South Australia 0.23 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.20 0.10 0.09 0.11
New Zealand 0.15 0.15 0.16 *0.44 0.47 0.39 0.12 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.05
Tasmania 0.27 0.30 0.22 0.43 0.48 0.35 0.26 0.28 0.23
Western Australia 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.02
England and Wales 17.51 18.04 16.69 20.89 21.49 19.98 21.89 23.48 19.54 25.47 27.19 22.78 29.64 31.96 26.03 28.84 31.86 24.26
Scotland 4.65 4.85 4.38 5.41 5.59 5.14 7.13 7.43 6.69 8.47 8.77 8.01 9.89 10.05 9.65 8.29 8.78 7.56
Ireland 13.25 11.85 15.26 14.36 12.95 16.52 17.50 16.08 19.51 20.40 18.68 23.07 21.81 20.57 23.76 18.42 16.34 21.59
France 0.16 0.21 0.09 0.17 0.22 0.09 0.16 0.22 0.07 0.18 0.25 0.09 0.17 0.23 0.07 0.19 0.21 0.15
Germany 5.45 5.50 5.38 5.71 5.78 5.60 6.92 7.53 6.03 7.67 8.32 6.65 7.15 8.24 5.45 7.07 8.62 4.71
Italy 0.12 0.17 0.05 2.13 2.47 1.58 0.07 0.12 0.01
Austria 0.07 0.08 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.02
Denmark 1.04 1.15 0.89 0.46 0.58 0.28
Other Countries in Europe 0.83 1.06 0.51 0.64 0.87 0.26
British America 0.22 0.27 0.14 0.20 0.25 0.13 0.41 0.53 0.23 0.20 0.27 0.11 0.18 0.25 0.09 0.14 0.18 0.06
United States 0.16 0.21 0.10 0.23 0.30 0.11 0.18 0.22 0.11 0.32 0.42 0.17 0.26 0.36 0.09 0.31 0.45 0.09
Other States in America 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.09 0.12 0.05 0.01 0.06 0.02
India (born of White Parents) 0.15 0.18 0.11 0.21 0.28 0.12 0.23 0.29 0.14 0.62 0.68 0.54 †0.41 0.51 0.24 0.39 0.51 0.23
India (Natives) 0.03 0.05 0.01
China 5.27 8.96 0.04 6.01 9.90 0.02 2.75 4.60 0.00 2.63 4.32 0.02 1.02 1.68 1.79 2.97 0.01
Japan 0.01 0.00 0.01
Other Countries in Asia 0.11 0.18 0.01
Africa 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.03 0.09 0.09 0.07
Polynesia 2.99 4.78 0.44 2.95 4.70 0.25 1.94 3.14 0.17 1.54 2.53 0.02
Other Countries not named 0.12 0.16 0.06 0.31 0.36 0.25 0.00 0.01 0.76 1.11 0.21 1.34 1.89 0.48 1.33 1.82 0.59
At Sea—British 0.25 0.22 0.31
At Sea—Foreign 0.04 0.03 0.06
Unspecified 0.25 0.34 0.14 0.36 0.46 0.21 0.16 0.23 0.05 0.34 0.49 0.08 0.79 0.82 0.74 0.58 0.66 0.45
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