Number and Proportions—Classes and Orders—continued., TABLE II.—Number of Persons, Males and Females, at all Ages, and under and of and over Twenty years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in Fifteen Orders, living in Tasmania on the 3rd April, 1881, and the Proportions per cent. of those of each Orders to the Total of specified Occupations in the same column—continued.
| Class. |
Order. |
Occupations (arranged in Classes and Orders.) |
Proportions per cent. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| All Ages. |
Under 20. |
20 and over. |
All Ages. |
Under 20. |
20 and over. |
All Ages. |
Under 20. |
20 and over. |
|
|
Total of specified Occupations |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
| I. |
1 |
Persons engaged in the General or Local Government, or the defence or protection of the Country |
0.576 |
0.965 |
1.086 |
1.014 |
0.111 |
1.843 |
0.080 |
0.018 |
0.164 |
| I. |
2 |
Persons engaged in the learned professions, or in literature, art, science, with their immediate subordinates |
1.446 |
0.422 |
2.466 |
1.514 |
0.414 |
2.526 |
1.370 |
0.451 |
2.295 |
| II. |
3 |
Persons engaged in the domestic offices or duties of wives, mothers, mistresses of families, children, relatives (not otherwise described) |
55.509 |
77.738 |
33.308 |
33.801 |
70.270 |
0.282 |
79.733 |
85.473 |
73.448 |
| II. |
4 |
Persons engaged in entertaining and performing personal offices for man |
4.600 |
3.401 |
5.784 |
1.913 |
0.863 |
2.877 |
7.596 |
5.999 |
9.339 |
| III. |
5 |
Persons who buy and sell, keep or lend, money, houses or goods of various Kinds |
1.356 |
0.409 |
2.209 |
2.186 |
0.736 |
3.480 |
0.452 |
0.074 |
0.664 |
| III. |
6 |
Persons engaged in the conveyance of men, animals, goods, and messages |
2.030 |
0.732 |
3.324 |
3.778 |
1.429 |
4.936 |
0.081 |
0.018 |
0.140 |
| IV. |
7 |
Persons possessing, working, or cultivating land ; raising or dealing in animals ; or following pursuits subsidiary thereto |
16.918 |
10.388 |
23.420 |
26.649 |
14.992 |
37.360 |
6.066 |
5.878 |
6.490 |
| V. |
8 |
Persons engaged in working and dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination |
2.701 |
1.120 |
4.258 |
5.011 |
2.213 |
7.583 |
0.125 |
0.021 |
0.239 |
| V. |
9 |
Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and in fibrous materials |
2.907 |
1.617 |
4.190 |
2.847 |
1.478 |
4.106 |
2.974 |
1.759 |
4.299 |
| V. |
10 |
Persons working and dealing in food and drink |
1.426 |
0.724 |
2.125 |
2.414 |
1.302 |
3.436 |
0.325 |
0.134 |
0.632 |
| V. |
11 |
Persons working and dealing in animal and vegetable substances |
1.351 |
0.547 |
2.153 |
2.530 |
1.060 |
3.880 |
0.037 |
0.021 |
0.034 |
| V. |
12 |
Persons working and dealing in minerals |
4.240 |
1.217 |
7.253 |
8.034 |
2.403 |
13.108 |
0.009 |
0.001 |
0.013 |
| VI. |
13 |
Labourers and others (branch of labour undefined) |
3.900 |
1.292 |
6.517 |
7.290 |
2.531 |
11.675 |
0.131 |
0.025 |
0.247 |
| VI. |
14 |
Persons of property and rank not returned under any office or occupation |
0.487 |
0.007 |
0.966 |
0.471 |
|
0.904 |
0.505 |
0.014 |
1.041 |
| VI. |
15 |
Persons supported by the community and of no specified occupation* |
0.544 |
0.260 |
0.822 |
0.562 |
0.100 |
0.904 |
0.517 |
0.321 |
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