Numbers and Proportions—Classes and Sub-Classes, 1891., TABLE III.—Showing in respect of the Total of all Classes and of Breadwinners the Numbers and Proportions per cent. of Persons, Males, and Females belonging to the different Divisions, Classes, and Sub-Classes of Occupations, according to the new classification adopted in Census of 1891.
Occupations.
Numerical.
Centesimal Proportion.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
In relation to all Classes.
In relation to Bread winners.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
DIVISIONS.
All Classes
146,667
77,560
69,107
100.00
100.00
100.00
238.83
158.83
549.43
Breadwinners (I. - VI.)
61,411
48,833
12,578
41.87
62.96
18.20
100.00
100.00
100.00
Dependants (VII.)
85,256
28,727
56,529
58.13
37.04
81.80
138.83
58.83
449.43
CLASSES.
I.
Professional
3,918
2,715
1,203
2.67
3.50
1.74
6.38
5.56
9.56
II.
Domestic
7,180
1,429
5,751
4.90
1.84
8.32
11.69
2.93
45.72
III.
Commercial
9,593
8,242
1,351
6.54
10.63
1.96
15.62
16.87
10.74
A
Property and Finance
1,662
1,147
515
1.13
1.48
0.74
2.71
2.35
4.09
B
Trade
4,660
4,034
626
3.18
5.20
0.91
7.59
8.26
4.98
C
Storage
4
4
0.00
0.01
0.00
D
Transport and Communication.
3,267
3,057
210
2.23
3.94
0.30
5.32
6.26
1.67
IV.
Industrial
16,016
14,194
1,822
10.92
18.30
2.64
26.08
29.07
14.49
V.
Agricultural, Pastoral Mineral, and other Primary Producers