TABLE XIV.—SUMMARY showing, at the DATE of the CENSUS of 1891, the NUMBER of MALES (exclusive of CHINESE and ABORIGINES), at VARIOUS PERIODS of AGE, of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in SEVEN CLASSES.
CLASS. OCCUPATIONS. MALES.
Periods of Age. Employers of Labor. On their Own Account (not employing labor). Receiving Salary or Wages. Unemployed.
Under 5. 5 to 14. 15 to 20. Under 21 Years. 21 and under 25. 25 and under 45. 45 and under 65. 65 and upwards. 21 and upwards. Total.
Total Population 23,010 40,981 18,351 82,342 11,802 44,031 19,358 5,497 80,688 163,030 15,492 11,380 69,339 2,898
Total of Specified Occupations 22,971 40,383 18,008 81,362 11,802 43,462 19,158 5,195 79,617 160,979 15,492 11,380 69,339 2,898
SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.
I. Professional.—Embracing persons not otherwise classed, engaged in the government and defence of the country, in maintaining law and order, and in satisfying the moral, intellectual, and social wants of its inhabitants 58 486 544 495 2,429 971 220 4,115 4,659 376 498 3,715 13
II. Domestic.—Embracing persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which payment is usually made. 110 502 612 335 1,144 640 100 2,219 2,831 626 168 1,988 49
III. Commercial.—Embracing persons engaged in pursuits connected with the purchase, sale, exchange, hire, custody, and security of money, land, and goods ; and with the conveyance, distribution, and delivery of passengers, goods, and communications:—
Sub-Class A.—Property and Finance 2 141 143 145 663 388 283 1,479 1,622 221 714 674 13
Sub-Class B.—Trade 635 2,420 3,055 1,449 5,165 1,792 392 8,798 11,853 1,959 1,932 7,657 305
Sub-Class C.—Storage 7 61 68 72 284 132 12 500 568 1 548 19
Sub-Class D.—Transport and Communication 447 1,457 1,904 1,393 5,011 1,295 129 7,828 9,732 337 433 8,765 197
IV. Industrial.—Embracing persons not otherwise classed, engaged in works or specialities connected with the construction, modification, or alteration of materials, so as to render them more available for the use of man 1,026 5,358 6,384 3,643 13,977 5,969 1,332 24,921 31,305 2,843 1,634 25,124 1,704
V. Primary Producers.—Embracing persons mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources 1,641 6,573 8,214 4,156 14,031 7,349 1,896 27,432 35,646 9,117 5,194 20,851 484
VI. Indefinite.—Embracing persons living upon incomes awarded for services rendered at some previous period, or upon incomes the source of which is not perfectly defined 1 13 14 38 128 237 476 879 893 13 806 17 57
SECTION B.—NON-BREADWINNERS.
VII. Dependants.—Embracing wives, relatives, and others employed (if employed at all) in household or other pursuits for which payment is not usually made ; also children and others being educated, and persons supported by public or private charity or detained in penal institutions 22,971 36,456 997 60,424 76 630 385 355 1,446 61,870
Occupation not stated 39 598 343 980 569 200 302 1,071 2,051