TABLE IV.—SUMMARY showing the OCCUPATIONS of PERSONS (MALES and FEMALES), UNDER and OVER 21 YEARS of AGE, arranged in DIVISIONS and CLASSES, in the STATE, at DATE of CENSUS, 1901 (exclusive of ABORIGINES).

CLASS.	OCCUPATIONS.	PERSONS.			MALES.			FEMALES.
		Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.	Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.	Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.
	Total population	362,604	176,751	185,853	184,422	88,834	95,588	178,182	87,917	90,265
	SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.
I.	Professional.—Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, mainly engaged in the government and defence of the country, and in satisfying the moral, intellectual, and social wants of its inhabitants	8,857	1,400	7,457	5,372	687	4,685	3,485	713	2,772
II.	DOMESTIC.—Embracing all persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which remuneration is usually paid	17,981	6,713	11,268	3,452	693	2,759	14,529	6,020	8,509
III.	COMMERCIAL.—Embracing all persons directly connected with the hire, sale, transfer, distribution, storage, and security of property and materials—
	Property and finance	2,763	307	2,456	2,267	306	1,961	496	1	495
	Trade	17,402	4,610	12,792	14,813	3,817	10,996	2,589	793	1,796
IV.	TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION—Embracing all persons engaged in the transport of persons or goods, or in effecting communicatio	12,850	2,199	10,651	12,591	2,172	10,419	259	27	232
V.	INDUSTRIAL.—Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, who are pricipally engaged in various works of utility, or in specialities connected with the manufature, construction, modification, or alteration of materials so as to render them more available for the various uses of man, but excluding, as far as possible, all who are mainly or solely engaged in the service of commercial interchange	41,233	10,742	30,491	34,255	7,664	26,591	6,978	3,078	3,900
VI.	AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, MINERAL, AND OTHER PRIMARY PRODUCERS—Embracing all Persons mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources—
	Agricultural pursuits	34,186	9,190	24,996	33,039	8,921	24,118	1,147	269	878
	Pastoral pursuits	7,061	2,000	5,061	4,951	856	4,095	2,110	1,144	966
	Mining	6,301	833	5,468	6,301	833	5,468
	Other primary producers	1,613	244	1,369	1,607	242	1,365	6	2	4
VII.	INDEFINITE.—Embracing all persons who derive incomes frm services rendered, but the direction of which services cannot be exactly determined	3,049	23	3,026	1,680		1,680	1,369	23	1,346
	SECTION B.—DEPENDENTS : NON-BREADWINNERS.
VIII.	DEPENDENTS—Embracing all persons dependent upon relatives or natural guardians, including wives, children, and others not otherwise engaged in pursuits for which remuneration is paid ; and all persons depending upon private charity, or whose support is a burthen on the public revenue	209,308	138,490	70,818	64,094	62,643	1,451	145,214	75,847	69,367