Table No. CLIII., SHOWING the BIRTHPLACES of PERSONS, MALES, and FEMALES as returned at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1861, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1876, 1881, and 1886, respectively.
BIRTHPLACES. 1886. 1881. 1876. 1871. 1868. 1864. 1861.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTALS 322,853 190,344 132,509 213,525 125,325 88,200 173,283 105,009 68,274 120,104 71,767 48,337 99,901 60,746 39,155 61,467 37,425 24,042 30,059 18,121 11,938
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Queensland 124,074 62,533 61,541 86,236 43,562 42,674 58,773 29,643 29,130 36,412 18,501 17,911 23,225 11,650 11,575 9,592 4,774 4,818 6,205 3,083 3,122
New South Wales 14,291 8,650 5,641 10,071 5,858 4,213 12,133 7,184 4,949 10,931 6,220 4,711 6,011 3,322 2,689 3,271 1,734 1,537
Victoria 6,569 4,331 2,238 3,149 1,876 1,273 *7699 4,448 3,251 725 368 357 197 95 102
South Australia 1,236 841 395 482 296 186 111 64 47 30 17 13
Western Australia 50 39 11 64 41 23 *25 17 8 4 2 2
New Zealand 700 434 266 325 189 136 71 47 24 31 22 9
Tasmania 849 571 278 574 380 194 436 282 154 262 179 83 78 50 28
Australasia (Colony not named) 192 124 68
GREAT BRITAIN. England and Wales 66,015 39,931 26,084 37,390 22,608 14,782 33,203 22,560 13,643 26,296 16,851 9,445 25,441 16,522 8,919 18,218 11,960 6,258 8,670 5,774 2,896
Scotland 19,944 12,425 7,519 9,929 6,070 3,859 9,374 5,866 3,508 8,564 5,333 3,231 8,462 5,326 3,136 6,084 3,763 2,321 2,493 1,591 902
Ireland 40,401 21,839 18,562 28,295 14,842 13,453 24,883 13,003 11,280 20,972 11,540 9,432 20,382 11,348 9,034 13,408 7,697 5,711 5,537 2,960 2,577
Other British Possessions 700 545 155
British Subjects (Birthplace not stated) 12 7 5
EUROPE. France 379 304 75 340 261 79 292 225 67 188 156 32 182 148 34 102 85 17 56 38 18
Germany 14,232 8,366 5,866 11,638 6,891 4,747 9,889 6,064 3,825 8,317 5,401 2,916 7,660 5,056 2,604 4,395 3,085 1,310 2,124 1,562 562
Italy 322 275 47 250 211 39 88 84 4
Austria 219 175 44 138 106 33 56 46 10
Denmark 2,889 1,885 1,004 2,223 1,440 783 554 418 136
Belgium 39 34 5 1,778 1,324 454 3,682 2,601 1,081 752 626 12
Sweden and Norway 2,787 2,370 417
Netherlands 58 49 9
Russia 79 67 12
Spain 46 34 12
Portugal 24 23 1
Other Countries in Europe 865 678 187
AMERICA. British America 464 341 123 354 265 89 488 379 109 203 160 43 114 93 21 40 33 7
Canada 394 309 85
United States 449 357 92 344 261 83 394 320 74 215 161 54 322 256 66 161 135 26 93 82 11
Other States in America 484 365 119 67 52 15 157 121 36 56 45 11
ASIA. India. Born of White Parents 539 369 170 315 223 92 370 292 78 274 205 69 ‡624 415 209 249 191 58 119 92 27
Natives 617 610 7 64 60 4
China. Born of White Parents 28 22 6 †11253 11,234 29 10,412 10,399 13 3,305 3,304 1 2,629 2,621 8 628 628 538 537 1
Natives 10,463 10,425 38
Japan. Born of White Parents 1 1 11 8 3
Natives 73 72 1
Other Countries in Asia 40 39 1 235 225 10
AFRICA. Africa 65 39 26 87 64 23 101 68 33
Cape of Good Hope 91 55 36
Gold Coast 1 1
Zanzibar 8 8
Other Parts of Africa 102 82 20
OTHER COUNTRIES. Polynesia. Born of White Parents 101 68 33 ††6396 6,000 396 5,108 4,938 170 2,336 2,255 81 1,543 1,536 7
Natives 10,037 9,116 921
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 1,092 1,037 55
Other Countries not previously named 6 4 2 250 195 55 545 378 167 7 7 758 676 82 ‡825 709 116 400 330 70
BORN AT SEA. British Subjects 786 431 355 540 271 269
Foreign Subjects. 58 30 28 92 44 48
Birthplace unspecified 511 413 98 547 428 119 627 486 141 192 167 25 335 302 33 486 308 178 173 119 54