TABLE IV.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS of DIFFERENT BIRTHPLACES in the STATE at DATES of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901, together with the INCREASE or DECREASE (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| BIRTHPLACES. |
1891. |
1901. |
INCREASE. |
DECREASE. |
| Number of Persons. |
Per Cent. of Population. |
Number of Persons. |
Per Cent. of Population. |
Number. |
Per Cent. |
Number. |
Per Cent. |
| AUSTRALIA, COMMONWEALTH OF— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New South Wales |
2,154 |
0.67 |
4,128 |
1.14 |
1,974 |
91.64 |
|
|
| Victoria |
6,609 |
2.06 |
10,324 |
2.85 |
3,715 |
56.21 |
|
|
| Queensland |
405 |
0.13 |
606 |
0.17 |
201 |
49.63 |
|
|
| South Australia |
217,730 |
67.95 |
271,495 |
74.87 |
53,941 |
24.77 |
|
|
| Northern Territory1 |
|
|
176 |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
| Western Australia |
588 |
0.18 |
956 |
0.26 |
368 |
62.51 |
|
|
| Tasmania |
722 |
0.23 |
819 |
0.22 |
97 |
13.40 |
|
|
| Australia (State unspecified)2 |
|
|
936 |
0.26 |
936 |
100.00 |
|
|
| Total Commonwealth |
228,208 |
71.22 |
289,440 |
79.82 |
61,232 |
26.83 |
|
|
| New Zealand |
567 |
0.17 |
711 |
0.20 |
144 |
25.40 |
|
|
| Total Australasia |
228,775 |
71.39 |
290,151 |
80.02 |
61,376 |
26.83 |
|
|
| UNITED KINGDOM— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| England |
47,723 |
14.90 |
37,789 |
10.42 |
|
|
9,934 |
20.82 |
| Wales |
1,098 |
0.34 |
865 |
0.14 |
|
|
233 |
21.22 |
| Scotland |
8,874 |
2.77 |
6,965 |
1.92 |
|
|
1,909 |
21.51 |
| Ireland |
14,369 |
4.48 |
11,243 |
3.10 |
|
|
3,126 |
21.76 |
| Total United Kingdom |
72,064 |
22.49 |
56,862 |
15.68 |
|
|
15,202 |
21.10 |
| Canada3 |
|
|
190 |
0.05 |
190 |
100.00 |
|
|
| India4 |
|
|
679 |
0.19 |
679 |
100.00 |
|
|
| Other British Possessions |
1,538 |
0.48 |
470 |
0.13 |
|
|
1,068 |
69.44 |
| TOTAL BRITISH EMPIRE |
302,377 |
94.36 |
348,352 |
96.07 |
45,975 |
15.20 |
|
|
| FOREIGN COUNTRIES— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Austria-Hungary |
185 |
0.06 |
162 |
0.04 |
|
|
23 |
12.43 |
| Chinese Empire |
3,997 |
1.25 |
3,253 |
0.90 |
|
|
744 |
18.61 |
| Denmark |
276 |
0.08 |
262 |
0.07 |
|
|
14 |
5.07 |
| France and Possessions |
400 |
0.13 |
225 |
0.06 |
|
|
175 |
43.75 |
| German Empire |
8,553 |
2.67 |
6,664 |
1.84 |
|
|
1,889 |
22.09 |
| Holland |
82 |
0.02 |
127 |
0.03 |
45 |
54.88 |
|
|
| Italy and Possessions |
186 |
0.06 |
327 |
0.09 |
141 |
75.81 |
|
|
| Japan5 |
|
|
214 |
0.06 |
214 |
100.00 |
|
|
| Russia |
189 |
0.06 |
251 |
0.07 |
62 |
32.80 |
|
|
| Sweden and Norway |
1,157 |
0.36 |
931 |
0.26 |
|
|
226 |
19.53 |
| Switzerland |
142 |
0.05 |
104 |
0.03 |
|
|
38 |
26.76 |
| United States of America (including Philippine Islands) |
386 |
0.12 |
523 |
0.14 |
137 |
35.49 |
|
|
| Other Foreign Countries5 |
632 |
0.19 |
464 |
0.13 |
|
|
168 |
26.58 |
| TOTAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES |
16,185 |
5.05 |
13,507 |
3.72 |
|
|
2,678 |
16.55 |
| Born at Sea |
601 |
0.19 |
539 |
0.15 |
|
|
62 |
10.32 |
| Birthplace not stated 2 |
1,268 |
0.40 |
206 |
0.06 |
|
|
1,062 |
83.75 |
| GRAND TOTAL |
320,431 |
100.00 |
362,604 |
100.00 |
42,173 |
13.16 |
|
|