Table No. CIV., OCCUPATIONS according to the CENSUS of 1886, 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. |
| Children under five years not otherwise described |
43,071 |
21,822 |
21,249 |
| Scholars attending State school |
40,310 |
20,829 |
19,481 |
| Wives and widows of no specified occupation |
34,643 |
|
34,643 |
| Sons, daughters, relatives, visitors, not otherwise described |
18,133 |
3,240 |
14,893 |
| Sugar, others engaged in the production of |
10,530 |
9,764 |
766 |
| Servants, domestic |
9,723 |
1,525 |
8,198 |
| Farmers, market gardeners |
9,239 |
9,028 |
211 |
| Labourers, branch unspecified |
8,833 |
8,825 |
8 |
| Farmers' sons, daughters, relatives, living on farm |
6,448 |
3,818 |
2,630 |
| Scholars, attending denominational school |
5,860 |
2,542 |
3,318 |
| Farmers' wives, living on farm |
5,612 |
|
5,612 |
| Farm servants, indoor |
5,016 |
4,916 |
100 |
| Carpenters, joiners |
4,922 |
4,922 |
|
| Station or grazing farm servants, indoor or at outstation |
4,736 |
4,695 |
41 |
| Scholars, taught at home |
4,537 |
2,038 |
2,499 |
| Draymen, carters, carriers |
4,368 |
4,343 |
25 |
| Road, railway, labourers, navvies, excavators |
3,670 |
3,669 |
1 |
| Milliners, dressmakers |
3,202 |
|
3,202 |
| Scholars, attending provisional school |
2,907 |
1,490 |
1,417 |
| Miners, gold, undescribed |
2,904 |
2,903 |
|
| Charitable institutions, inmates of |
2,875 |
1,896 |
979 |
| Miners, gold, quartz |
2,819 |
2,819 |
|
| Servants, inn, club, eating-house |
2,795 |
1,052 |
1,743 |
| Scholars, attending private school |
2,550 |
1,040 |
1,510 |
| Ship masters, officers, seamen (merchant service) |
2,388 |
2,388 |
|
| Shopkeepers, branch undefined |
2,233 |
2,038 |
195 |
| Persons of no occupation |
2,010 |
1,828 |
182 |
| Clerks, commercial or unspecified |
1,901 |
1,873 |
28 |
| Blacksmiths, whitesmiths |
1,893 |
1,893 |
|
| Children over five years, receiving no education |
1,744 |
869 |
875 |
| Animals, others engaged about |
1,663 |
1,663 |
|
| Butchers, meat salesmen and assistants, including carters |
1,661 |
1,639 |
22 |
| Squatters, graziers, sheep or cattle farmers |
1,639 |
1,580 |
59 |
| Agricultural labourers, outdoor |
1,535 |
1,503 |
32 |
| Station or grazing farm labourers, outdoor |
1,523 |
1,519 |
4 |
| Sawyers, sawmill owners, and workers |
1,472 |
1,469 |
3 |
| Timber merchants, dealers and assistants |
1,410 |
1,406 |
4 |
| Painters, paperhangers, plumbers, glaziers |
1,404 |
1,404 |
|
| Miners, gold (alluvial) |
1,378 |
1,378 |
|
| Fencers, hurdlemakers, splitters |
1,311 |
1,311 |
|
| Hotel keepers |
1,309 |
1,150 |
159 |
| Shoe, bootmakers, dealers, assistants |
1,232 |
1,164 |
68 |
| Engineers, engine-drivers, stokers, firemen (undefined) |
1,209 |
1,209 |
|
| Station or grazing farm managers, overseers, superintendents |
1,114 |
1,111 |
3 |
| Tailors |
1,103 |
611 |
492 |
| Schoolmasters, schoolmistresses, State school |
1,043 |
488 |
555 |
| Drapers, linendrapers, mercers, and assistants |
982 |
803 |
179 |
| Railway servants |
957 |
868 |
89 |
| Grubbers, bushmen, not fencers or splitters |
937 |
937 |
|
| Printers, compositors |
907 |
906 |
1 |
| Bakers and assistants, including carters |
877 |
825 |
52 |
| Miners, tin |
877 |
877 |
|
| Grocers, tea dealers, and assistants, including carters |
876 |
808 |
68 |
| Land proprietors |
758 |
616 |
142 |
| Saddlers, harness makers |
749 |
746 |
3 |
| Bricklayers |
725 |
725 |
|
| Fishermen |
718 |
713 |
5 |
| Police, including detectives |
710 |
710 |
|
| Cow keepers, dairy keepers, milk sellers |
689 |
475 |
214 |
| Gardeners, not domestic servants |
672 |
668 |
4 |
| Firewood dealers, sellers, choppers |
656 |
653 |
3 |
| Miners, coal |
651 |
651 |
|
| Government service, clerks, accountants, &c. |
647 |
646 |
1 |
| Contractors, sons in business, clerks, nature of contract undescribed |
639 |
639 |
|
| Furniture makers, cabinet makers, upholsterers |
627 |
613 |
14 |
| Telegraph service |
623 |
611 |
12 |
| Horse-breakers, grooms, jockeys |
615 |
615 |
|
| Squatters' sons, daughters, relatives, living on station |
605 |
292 |
313 |
| Mechanical engineers, engine, machine makers, agents, dealers |
588 |
588 |
|
| Brickmakers |
586 |
583 |
3 |
| Squatters' or graziers' wives, living on station or grazing farm |
578 |
|
578 |
| Prisoners |
575 |
513 |
62 |
| Water, others working and dealing in |
572 |
572 |
|
| Bank officers, clerks |
564 |
564 |
|
| Cooks, not domestic servants |
560 |
514 |
46 |
| Scholars, attending grammar school |
521 |
377 |
144 |
| Housekeepers |
494 |
2 |
492 |
| Commercial travellers, salesmen, saleswomen |
489 |
399 |
90 |
| Washerwomen, manglers, laundrykeepers, workers |
489 |
33 |
456 |
| Iron founders, moulders, workers, dealers |
488 |
488 |
|
| Hotel-keepers' wives, assisting in the business |
479 |
|
479 |
| Land surveyors and assistants |
465 |
465 |
|
| Coach-makers, dealers |
442 |
442 |
|
| Engineers, stokers, coal trimmers, of steamers (merchant service) |
436 |
436 |
|
| Wheelwrights |
424 |
424 |
|
| Grazing, others connected with |
421 |
419 |
2 |
| Mining, others engaged in (not mining agents or share brokers) |
416 |
414 |
2 |
| Shopkeepers, wives assisting, branch undefined |
405 |
|
405 |
| Board, lodging housekeepers |
404 |
153 |
251 |
| Indefinite occupations, others of |
402 |
394 |
8 |
| Mercantile pursuits, others engaged in |
402 |
401 |
1 |
| Schoolmasters, mistresses (schools not stated) |
396 |
140 |
256 |
| Masons, Paviors |
392 |
392 |
|
| Coach, omnibus, cab drivers, conductors |
385 |
385 |
|
| Merchants, not produce or provision |
360 |
356 |
4 |
| Greengrocers, fruiterers and assistants |
359 |
286 |
73 |
| Errand boy, girl |
348 |
343 |
5 |
| Ginger beer, aerated water, cordial manufacturers, including travellers, carters, &c. |
345 |
334 |
11 |
| Store labourers, storemen (not shopmen) |
332 |
332 |
|
| Servants of charitable institutions |
331 |
153 |
178 |
| Commission agents, factors |
330 |
329 |
1 |
| House proprietors |
330 |
210 |
120 |
| Railway officers, clerks, stationmasters |
328 |
317 |
11 |
| Tin, quicksilver workers, dealers |
328 |
325 |
3 |
| Tutors, governesses |
328 |
41 |
287 |
| Ship servants, stewards, stewardesses |
322 |
301 |
21 |
| Farm bailiffs, overseers |
314 |
311 |
3 |
| Ship builders, shipwrights |
305 |
305 |
|
| Builders |
301 |
301 |
|
| Quartz crushing, engaged in |
301 |
301 |
|
| Government service, intermediate or subordinate officers |
299 |
290 |
9 |
| Metals, not gold or silver, others working and dealing in |
298 |
298 |
|
| Nurses, not domestic servants, nor in charitable institutions |
288 |
2 |
286 |
| Chemists, druggists, and assistants |
280 |
276 |
4 |
| Attendance, others engaged in |
275 |
199 |
76 |
| Stevedores, lumpers |
269 |
269 |
|
| Clergymen |
265 |
265 |
|
| School masters, mistresses, &c., private schools, grammar schools |
264 |
51 |
213 |
| Hawkers, pedlars |
258 |
233 |
25 |
| Ironmongers, hardware dealers |
244 |
240 |
4 |
| Music masters, mistresses |
224 |
41 |
183 |
| Messages, others connected with |
220 |
219 |
1 |
| Local bodies, others connected with |
216 |
209 |
7 |
| Railway engine drivers, stokers, cleaners |
212 |
212 |
|
| Land, others engaged in, not cultivating or grazing |
199 |
171 |
28 |
| Sugar planters |
192 |
191 |
1 |
| Coach, omnibus, cab proprietors |
187 |
183 |
4 |
| Carried forward |
312,199 |
181,059 |
181,140 |