Table No. CXI., OCCUPATIONS according to the CENSUS of 1891, 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, relative at home (not otherwise described) |
62,848 |
31,524 |
31,324 |
| Attending State school |
50,485 |
26,194 |
24,291 |
| Wife |
47,762 |
|
47,762 |
| Farmer |
20,364 |
15,053 |
5,311 |
| Labourer (undefined) |
11,603 |
11,597 |
6 |
| Son, daughter, relative, not school, old enough to assist natural guardians and so returned |
11,136 |
77 |
11,059 |
| Housemaid, kitchenmaid, general servant |
9,299 |
578 |
8,721 |
| Sugar growers, labourer |
8,799 |
8,191 |
608 |
| Stock-rider, drover, herd-feeder, shearer, and pastoral labourer |
8,748 |
8,742 |
6 |
| Attending denominational school (Roman Catholic) |
7,077 |
3,124 |
3,953 |
| Attending provisional school |
6,658 |
3,477 |
3,181 |
| Receiving instruction at home |
6,556 |
2,925 |
3,631 |
| Gold-miner (lode) |
6,293 |
6,290 |
3 |
| Farm servant, agricultural labourer |
6,150 |
6,048 |
102 |
| Receiving no education |
5,307 |
2,441 |
2,866 |
| Clothing manufacturer, tailor, tailoress, dressmaker, sewing machinist, cutter, fitter |
4,982 |
757 |
4,225 |
| Son, daughter, relative (not returned as performing or assisting in domestic duties) |
4,546 |
1,175 |
3,371 |
| Drayman, carrier, carter |
4,429 |
4,402 |
27 |
| Carpenter, joiner, turner, carpenter's labourer |
4,427 |
4,427 |
|
| Others (board and lodging) |
3,255 |
1,174 |
2,081 |
| Navvy, labourer, excavator |
2,965 |
2,964 |
1 |
| Market gardener |
2,709 |
2,701 |
8 |
| Shopkeeper, storekeeper |
2,600 |
2,026 |
574 |
| Attending private school (not denominational) |
2,511 |
1,029 |
1,482 |
| Stock-breeder, squatter, grazier |
2,450 |
2,260 |
190 |
| Butcher, meat salesman |
2,076 |
2,038 |
38 |
| Hotelkeeper, inn-keeper |
2,026 |
1,357 |
769 |
| Shipmaster, officer, seaman (Merchant Service) |
2,010 |
2,010 |
|
| Blacksmith, farrier, white-smith |
1,947 |
1,946 |
1 |
| Clerk, cashier (commercial or other undefined) |
1,921 |
1,888 |
33 |
| Gold-mining (alluvial) |
1,913 |
1,912 |
1 |
| Boot, shoe manufacturer, maker, repairer, cutter, sewing machinist |
1,749 |
1,589 |
160 |
| Engineer, engine-driver, stoker (undefined) |
1,686 |
1,686 |
|
| Cook |
1,649 |
1,282 |
367 |
| Others (undefined as regards means and occupation) |
1,458 |
1,104 |
354 |
| Visitor (if defined as performing or assisting in domestic duties) |
1,271 |
4 |
1,267 |
| Station overseer, manager |
1,185 |
1,184 |
1 |
| Schoolmaster, mistress (State school) |
1,151 |
514 |
637 |
| Others (attendance) |
1,146 |
1,073 |
73 |
| Grocer, tea dealer |
1,128 |
1,043 |
85 |
| Inmate of lunatic asylum |
1,104 |
700 |
404 |
| Dairy farmer |
1,095 |
709 |
386 |
| Woodman, axeman, lumberer, timbergetter |
1,086 |
1,086 |
|
| Draper, linen, woollen draper |
1,056 |
854 |
202 |
| Railway, or tramway ganger, or fettler |
991 |
991 |
|
| Horticulturist, gardener |
984 |
947 |
37 |
| Saddle, saddlery, and harness-maker |
965 |
960 |
5 |
| Inmate of hospital |
958 |
690 |
268 |
| Visitor (so returned) |
935 |
150 |
785 |
| Miners (other kinds of minerals) |
926 |
926 |
|
| Baker, biscuit and pastry-maker |
921 |
867 |
54 |
| Fencer, hurdle-maker |
822 |
822 |
|
| Police, petty officer, policeman, detective |
804 |
804 |
|
| Others (including militia or volunteer officer, occupation not stated) |
801 |
800 |
1 |
| House-painter, paperhanger, glazier |
798 |
798 |
|
| Officer of Government Department |
791 |
781 |
10 |
| Sawmill owner, sawyer |
782 |
781 |
1 |
| Inmate of orphan asylum (including those boarded out) |
752 |
363 |
389 |
| Coal miners |
751 |
751 |
|
| Mangler, laundrykeeper, laundryman, washerwoman |
721 |
37 |
684 |
| Inmate of benevolent asylum |
666 |
568 |
98 |
| Others (industrial workers, imperfectly defined) |
662 |
660 |
2 |
| Officer, clerk (banking and finance) |
661 |
660 |
1 |
| Inmate of gaol or penal establishment |
657 |
592 |
65 |
| Housekeeper |
654 |
1 |
653 |
| Others (domestic duties) |
649 |
1 |
648 |
| House plumber, bell-hanger |
649 |
646 |
3 |
| Attending school (undefined) |
635 |
310 |
325 |
| Miners, tin ore, alluvial |
631 |
630 |
1 |
| Engineer, fitter, iron turner, boiler maker |
627 |
627 |
|
| Firewood, billet, chopper |
623 |
621 |
2 |
| Commercial traveller, salesman, saleswoman |
617 |
485 |
132 |
| Carried forward |
354,049 |
190,324 |
163,725 |
| Carter, Waggoner, horse-driver (undefined) |
572 |
570 |
2 |
| Bricklayer, bricklayer's labourer, hodman |
555 |
555 |
|
| Greengrocer, potato dealer, fruiterer |
547 |
406 |
141 |
| Railway or tramway manager, officer, stationmaster, clerk or agent |
530 |
515 |
15 |
| Domestic nurse |
525 |
1 |
524 |
| Board and lodging-house keeper |
520 |
131 |
389 |
| Schoolmaster, mistress (school not stated) |
518 |
190 |
328 |
| Printer, printing office manager |
517 |
510 |
7 |
| Railway or tramway guard, porter, pointsman, signalman, shunter |
505 |
465 |
40 |
| Coach driver, conductor, servant |
504 |
504 |
|
| House proprietor |
486 |
308 |
178 |
| Compositor |
485 |
485 |
|
| Milkers and others connected with the dairy |
481 |
412 |
69 |
| Father, mother (dependent upon children) |
475 |
140 |
335 |
| Miner, silver, and silver lead |
473 |
473 |
|
| Manager, assistant, apprentice, partner, proprietor, employer, overlooker, foreman (so returned) |
471 |
450 |
21 |
| Fruit grower |
438 |
432 |
6 |
| Hatter, cap, bonnet maker |
413 |
20 |
393 |
| Fisherman |
410 |
406 |
4 |
| Furniture maker, cabinetmaker |
407 |
405 |
2 |
| Midwife, monthly nurse |
390 |
|
390 |
| Land proprietor, speculator |
380 |
283 |
97 |
| Store labourer, storeman (not shopman) |
378 |
378 |
|
| Stevedore, lumper |
367 |
367 |
|
| Engineer, stoker, coal trimmer, of steamer (merchant service) |
366 |
366 |
|
| Others (other mercantile persons undefined) |
366 |
242 |
124 |
| Other (working in wood) |
364 |
362 |
2 |
| Errand boy, girl |
363 |
363 |
|
| Tutor, governess |
362 |
52 |
310 |
| Clergyman |
360 |
359 |
1 |
| Commission agent |
357 |
356 |
1 |
| Cast iron founder, moulder, worker |
354 |
354 |
|
| Ironmonger, hardware dealer |
345 |
344 |
1 |
| Others (pastoral pursuits) |
345 |
344 |
1 |
| Wheelwright |
344 |
344 |
|
| Gingerbeer, sodawater, mineral water, cordial manufacturer |
343 |
327 |
16 |
| Merchant |
340 |
337 |
3 |
| Others (on railways, not railway construction) |
331 |
245 |
86 |
| Master builder, contractor, measurer, foreman, clerk |
326 |
326 |
|
| Telegraph officer, stationmaster, stationmistress, operator, clerk |
325 |
309 |
16 |
| Hawker, pedlar |
305 |
294 |
11 |
| Animal trainer, horsebreaker |
305 |
305 |
|
| Brick, tile maker |
301 |
301 |
|
| Others (banking and finance) |
296 |
274 |
22 |
| Tin, Zinc worker |
295 |
294 |
1 |
| Pharmaceutical chemist |
294 |
284 |
10 |
| Ship servant, steward, stewardess |
284 |
272 |
12 |
| Others (engaged about living animals) |
284 |
279 |
5 |
| Attending denominational school (Protestant) |
282 |
145 |
137 |
| Tin ore mining (lode) |
281 |
281 |
|
| Attending grammar school |
272 |
213 |
59 |
| Railway or tramway engine-driver, stoker, cleaner |
270 |
270 |
|
| Mason, hewer, hodman, mason's labourer |
269 |
269 |
|
| Officer of local body |
262 |
258 |
4 |
| Music teacher |
255 |
42 |
213 |
| Coach, omnibus, cab, proprietor, agent |
254 |
249 |
5 |
| Hairdresser, barber |
248 |
242 |
6 |
| Law clerk |
240 |
239 |
1 |
| Road, carriage, waggon, cart, vehicle, barrow, builder |
234 |
234 |
|
| Postal officer, postmaster, postmistress, clerk, sorter |
230 |
187 |
43 |
| Skilled assistant, foreman, inspector, time-keeper, clerk |
227 |
227 |
|
| Banker, bank director, manager |
220 |
220 |
|
| Sugar grower |
219 |
212 |
7 |
| Surveyor |
219 |
219 |
|
| Manager, director, agent insurance company |
217 |
216 |
1 |
| Independent means, lady or gentleman (so returned) |
213 |
132 |
81 |
| Hospital or asylum officer or attendant not elsewhere described |
211 |
129 |
82 |
| Shipwright, boat-builder, designer, worker |
207 |
207 |
|
| Money broker, financier, capitalist |
202 |
169 |
33 |
| Leather tanner, currier, manufacturer |
199 |
198 |
1 |
| Medical man in practice |
198 |
198 |
1 |
| Others (carriages and vehicles) |
198 |
198 |
|
| Waterman, boatman, boat proprietor, agent |
194 |
193 |
1 |
| Carried forward |
379,172 |
211,210 |
167,962 |