BIRTH-PLACES OF THE PEOPLE., GENERAL SUMMARY, TABLE I. Showing the BIRTH-PLACES of the INHABITANTS of VICTORIA, with the Proportion per Cent. which the Number of People of different Birth-places bear to the Total of Persons, Males and Females respectively.
| WHERE BORN. |
THE COLONY. |
| NUMBER OF PERSONS. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. |
| Both Sexes. |
Males. |
Females. |
Both Sexes. |
Males. |
Females. |
| BRITISH. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Born in Victoria * |
67,109 |
33,814 |
33,295 |
16.40 |
12.86 |
22.82 |
| Born in Other Australian Colonies |
16,880 |
9,063 |
7,817 |
4.13 |
3.45 |
5.36 |
| Born in England |
148,881 |
99,460 |
49,421 |
36.39 |
37.80 |
33.87 |
| Born in Wales |
4,576 |
3,345 |
1,231 |
1.12 |
1.27 |
0.84 |
| Born in Scotland |
53,798 |
34,291 |
19,507 |
13.15 |
13.03 |
13.37 |
| Born in Ireland |
65,264 |
35,669 |
29,595 |
15.95 |
13.56 |
20.29 |
| Born in British Colonies not Australian |
3,417 |
2,548 |
869 |
0.84 |
0.97 |
0.60 |
| Born in East India (British race) |
669 |
446 |
223 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
0.15 |
| Born in East India (Indians) |
277 |
261 |
16 |
0.07 |
0.10 |
0.01 |
| FOREIGN. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Born in France |
1,426 |
1,190 |
236 |
0.35 |
0.45 |
0.16 |
| Born in Germany |
7,934 |
6,317 |
1,617 |
1.94 |
2.40 |
1.11 |
| Born in Other European Countries |
4,976 |
4,728 |
248 |
1.22 |
1.80 |
0.17 |
| Born in United States of America |
2,950 |
2,613 |
337 |
0.72 |
0.99 |
0.23 |
| Born in China |
25,424 |
25,421 |
3 |
6.22 |
9.66 |
0.00 |
| Born in Other Countries |
417 |
361 |
56 |
0.10 |
0.14 |
0.04 |
| Born at Sea |
1,641 |
905 |
736 |
0.41 |
0.34 |
0.50 |
| Unspecified (British names) |
1,297 |
875 |
422 |
0.32 |
0.33 |
0.28 |
| Unspecified (Foreign names) |
54 |
42 |
12 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
| Unspecified (names not mentioned) |
1,226 |
1,064 |
162 |
0.30 |
0.40 |
0.11 |
| British Subjects not born in British possessions |
822 |
700 |
122 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
0.08 |
| TOTAL POPULATION (exclusive of roving Aborigines) |
409,038 |
263,113 |
145,925 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| ALLEGIANCE. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| British Subjects |
364,632 |
221,378 |
143,254 |
89.14 |
84.14 |
98.17 |
| Foreign Subjects |
43,180 |
40,671 |
2,509 |
10.56 |
15.46 |
1.72 |
| Allegiance unknown |
1,226 |
1,064 |
162 |
0.30 |
0.40 |
0.11 |