TABLE I.—COMPARATIVE SUMMARY : Showing the BIRTHPLACES of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES, in SOUTH AUSTRALIA, at Date of CENSUS of 1876 and 1881 respectively.
Countries. 1876. 1881. Increase. Decrease.
Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females.
BORN IN BRITISH POSSESSIONS—
South Australia 128,400 63,832 64,568 163,507 81,750 81,757 35,107 17,918 17,189
England 47,346 26,285 21,061 57,540 32,901 24,639 11,605 7,548 4,257
Wales 1,611 932 679
Scotland 8,246 4,547 3,699 10,637 6,028 4,609 2,391 1,481 910
Ireland 14,053 6,506 7,547 18,246 9,060 9,186 4,193 2,554 1,639
Australian Colonies and New Zealand 4,592 2,614 1,978 9,566 5,236 4,330 6,322 3,525 2,797
Other British Possessions 1,348 903 445
Total British Possessions 202,637 103,784 98,853 262,455 136,810 125,645 59,818 33,026 26,792
BORN IN FOREIGN STATES—
Germany 7,659 4,438 3,221 8,801 5,234 3,567 1,142 796 346
France 247 179 68 293 213 80 46 34 12
Austria 2,045 1,744 301 180 134 46 4,972 4,792 180
Hungary 26 24 2
Russia 91 76 15
Poland 133 83 50
Italy 141 133 8
Spain 26 19 7
Portugal 28 27 1
Belgium 41 32 9
Sweden and Norway 765 740 25
Switzerland 194 153 41
Holland 76 66 10
Denmark 264 237 27
* China 4,151 4,146 5
Other Foreign States 901 666 235
Total Foreign States 9,951 6,361 3,590 16,111 11,983 4,128 6,160 5,622 538
BORN AT SEA 503 259 244 702 345 357 199 86 113
BIRTHPLACE UNSPECIFIED 180 87 93 597 392 205 417 305 112
GRAND TOTAL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 213,271 110,491 102,780 279,865 149,530 130,335 66,594 39,039 27,555