Birth-places of the Urban and Rural Population, 1891., TABLE V.—Showing the Proportion of Persons, Males, and Females born in different Countries in Urban and Rural Districts., CENTESIMAL PROPORTION.
Birth-places. The Colony. Urban Districts. Rural Districts.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Total 100.43 100.79 100.02 100.02 100.01 100.04 100.59 101.07 100.02
Total specified 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
British Empire
Australasia 78.90 75.72 82.44 76.17 72.53 79.64 80.01 76.87 83.72
United Kingdom 18.47 20.55 16.16 21.46 23.84 19.20 17.26 19.35 14.78
Other British Possessions 0.62 0.63 0.61 0.61 0.62 0.59 0.62 0.63 0.61
Total British Empire 97.99 96.90 99.21 98.24 96.99 99.43 97.89 96.85 99.11
Foreign Countries 2.01 3.10 0.79 1.76 3.01 0.57 2.11 3.15 0.89
Unspecified 0.43 0.79 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.59 1.07 0.02
British Empire
Australasia :
Tasmania 73.88 70.59 77.54 69.59 65.78 73.21 75.62 72.35 79.52
New South Wales 0.81 0.77 0.85 1.35 1.32 1.38 0.59 0.57 0.61
Victoria 2.88 2.99 2.75 3.33 3.42 3.24 2.70 2.83 2.54
Queensland 0.14 0.13 0.15 0.24 0.22 0.26 0.10 0.09 0.10
South Australia 0.46 0.47 0.45 0.52 0.58 0.47 1.44 0.43 0.44
Western Australia 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.03
New Zealand 0.66 0.70 0.62 1.05 1.13 0.97 0.50 0.54 0.46
Fiji 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
Australasia—Colony not named 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Aboriginal
United Kingdom :
England 11.73 13.92 9.29 14.15 16.71 11.72 10.74 12.90 8.18
Wales 0.22 0.25 0.17 0.24 0.31 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.17
Scotland 2.63 2.78 2.48 2.90 3.18 2.63 2.53 2.63 2.41
Ireland 3.89 3.60 4.22 4.17 3.64 4.67 3.78 3.58 4.02
Other British Possessions :
European 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Asiatic 0.27 0.25 0.28 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.29 0.26 0.32
African 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.05
American 0.10 0.13 0.07 0.12 0.14 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.05
Other British Subjects 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.20 0.18
Foreign Countries
Europe :
German Empire 0.63 0.77 0.48 0.46 0.64 0.28 0.70 0.81 0.56
France 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.08 0.11 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03
Russia 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.01
Austria—Austro-Hungary 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.01
Spain 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Portugal 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00
Switzerland 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00
Holland 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Belgium 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01
Denmark 0.10 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.11 0.12 0.09
Balkan States 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Turkey 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greece 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00
Sweden and Norway 0.13 0.24 0.02 0.18 0.36 0.01 0.11 0.19 0.02
Italy 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.00
Other European Countries 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
Asia :
China 0.65 1.21 0.01 0.19 0.38 0.01 0.83 1.52 0.01
Other Asiatic Countries 0.09 0.16 0.01 0.27 0.54 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
Africa 0.06 0.11 0.01 0.19 0.40 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
North America :
United States 0.15 0.21 0.08 0.16 0.25 0.07 0.15 0.20 0.09
Other Countries of N.A
South America 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01
Polynesia 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Unspecified 0.43 0.79 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.59 1.07 0.02