COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Occupations of Persons, Males, and Females, in the Colony of Victoria, at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively, summarized under 27 heads ; also the Numerical and Centesimal Increase or Decrease of those under each head between the periods named, and the Proportion of those under each head to the Total Population.
| OCCUPATIONS. |
POPULATION. |
INCREASE OR DECREASE. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. OF THE POPULATION. |
| 1861. |
1871. |
NUMERICAL. |
CENTESIMAL. |
1861. |
1871. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Ministering to government |
3,774 |
3,746 |
28 |
4,150 |
3,980 |
170 |
376 |
234 |
142 |
9.96 |
6.78 |
507.14 |
0.70 |
1.15 |
0.01 |
0.57 |
1.00 |
0.05 |
| Ministering to religion |
490 |
477 |
13 |
899 |
838 |
61 |
409 |
361 |
48 |
83.47 |
75.68 |
369.23 |
0.09 |
0.15 |
0.00 |
0.12 |
0.21 |
0.02 |
| Ministering to health |
1,682 |
1,184 |
498 |
2,452 |
1,275 |
1,177 |
770 |
91 |
679 |
45.78 |
7.69 |
136.35 |
0.31 |
0.36 |
0.24 |
0.34 |
0.32 |
0.36 |
| Ministering to law |
918 |
918 |
|
1,138 |
1,137 |
1 |
220 |
219 |
1 |
23.97 |
23.86 |
Infinite
|
0.17 |
0.28 |
|
0.16 |
0.28 |
|
| Ministering to education |
2,777 |
1,093 |
1,684 |
5,767 |
2,089 |
3,678 |
2,990 |
996 |
1,994 |
35.87 |
91.13 |
118.41 |
0.52 |
0.34 |
0.80 |
0.79 |
0.52 |
1.12 |
| Ministering to art, science, and literature |
1,509 |
1,366 |
143 |
1,860 |
1,696 |
164 |
351 |
330 |
21 |
23.26 |
24.16 |
14.69 |
0.28 |
0.42 |
0.07 |
0.26 |
0.42 |
0.05 |
| Traders |
8,623 |
7,175 |
1,448 |
10,424 |
9,122 |
1,302 |
1,801 |
1,947 |
-146 |
20.89 |
27.14 |
-10.08 |
1.61 |
2.20 |
0.69 |
1.43 |
2.29 |
0.40 |
| Assisting in the exchange of money or commodities |
6,971 |
6,634 |
337 |
7,843 |
7,614 |
229 |
872 |
980 |
-108 |
12.51 |
14.77 |
-32.05 |
1.30 |
2.03 |
0.16 |
1.08 |
1.91 |
0.07 |
| Ministering to entertaining and clothing |
12,747 |
7,253 |
5,494 |
26,876 |
12,505 |
14,371 |
14,129 |
5,252 |
8,877 |
110.84 |
72.41 |
161.58 |
2.37 |
2.22 |
2.60 |
3.69 |
3.13 |
4.37 |
| Domestic servants |
23,695 |
4,899 |
18,796 |
25,041 |
2,336 |
22,705 |
1,346 |
-2,563 |
3,909 |
5.89 |
-52.32 |
20.80 |
4.41 |
1.50 |
8.90 |
3.44 |
0.59 |
6.90 |
| Contractors |
468 |
467 |
1 |
858 |
857 |
1 |
390 |
390 |
|
83.33 |
83.51 |
|
0.09 |
0.14 |
0.00 |
0.12 |
0.21 |
|
| Artisans and mechanics |
33,312 |
33,089 |
223 |
41,208 |
40,807 |
401 |
7,896 |
7,718 |
178 |
23.70 |
23.32 |
79.82 |
6.20 |
10.15 |
0.11 |
5.66 |
10.22 |
0.12 |
| Miners |
81,890 |
81,747 |
143 |
52,461 |
52,447 |
14 |
-29,429 |
-29,300 |
-129 |
-35.94 |
-35.84 |
-90.21 |
15.24 |
25.07 |
0.07 |
7.21 |
13.14 |
|
| Engaged in pursuits subsidary to mining |
1,226 |
1,226 |
|
667 |
665 |
2 |
-559 |
-561 |
2 |
-45.60 |
-45.76 |
Infinite
|
0.23 |
0.38 |
|
0.09 |
0.17 |
|
| Engaged in pastoral pursuits |
9,724 |
9,080 |
644 |
7,037 |
6,883 |
154 |
-2,687 |
-2,197 |
-490 |
-27.63 |
-24.20 |
-76.09 |
1.81 |
2.78 |
0.31 |
0.97 |
1.72 |
0.05 |
| Engaged in agriculture |
41,218 |
34,738 |
6,480 |
54,288 |
50,789 |
3,499 |
13,070 |
16,051 |
-2,981 |
31.71 |
46.21 |
-46.00 |
7.67 |
10.65 |
3.07 |
7.46 |
12.73 |
1.06 |
| Engaged in pursuits subsidiary to grazing and agriculture |
1,859 |
1,846 |
13 |
2,442 |
2,436 |
6 |
583 |
590 |
-7 |
31.36 |
31.96 |
-53.85 |
0.35 |
0.57 |
0.00 |
0.34 |
0.61 |
|
| Engaged in land carriage |
9,755 |
9,708 |
47 |
12,223 |
12,136 |
87 |
2,468 |
2,428 |
40 |
25.30 |
25.01 |
85.11 |
1.81 |
2.98 |
0.02 |
1.68 |
3.04 |
0.03 |
| Engaged in sea navigation |
2,490 |
2,481 |
9 |
2,713 |
2,701 |
12 |
223 |
220 |
3 |
8.96 |
8.87 |
33.33 |
0.46 |
0.76 |
0.00 |
0.37 |
0.68 |
|
| Dealing in food |
12,380 |
11,104 |
1,276 |
14,088 |
13,052 |
1,036 |
1,708 |
1,948 |
-240 |
13.80 |
17.54 |
-18.81 |
2.30 |
3.40 |
0.60 |
1.93 |
3.27 |
0.32 |
| Laborers |
10,244 |
10,221 |
23 |
18,236 |
18,220 |
16 |
7,992 |
7,999 |
-7 |
78.02 |
78.26 |
-30.43 |
1.92 |
3.13 |
0.01 |
2.50 |
4.57 |
|
| Engaged in miscellaneous pursuits |
1,056 |
977 |
79 |
391 |
355 |
36 |
-665 |
-622 |
-43 |
-62.97 |
-63.66 |
-54.43 |
0.20 |
0.30 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
0.01 |
| Persons of independent means |
1,363 |
1,013 |
350 |
1,859 |
1,342 |
517 |
496 |
329 |
167 |
26.39 |
2.48 |
47.71 |
0.25 |
0.31 |
0.17 |
0.25 |
0.34 |
0.16 |
| Wives, widows, children, relatives, &c. |
193,451 |
52,580 |
140,871 |
277,918 |
72,908 |
205,010 |
84,467 |
20,328 |
64,139 |
43.66 |
38.66 |
45.53 |
36.01 |
16.12 |
66.73 |
38.18 |
18.27 |
62.33 |
| Scholars |
61,056 |
31,132 |
29,924 |
142,684 |
72,329 |
70,355 |
81,628 |
41,197 |
40,431 |
133.69 |
132.33 |
135.11 |
11.37 |
9.55 |
14.18 |
19.60 |
18.13 |
21.39 |
| Public burden |
4,559 |
3,511 |
1,048 |
10,304 |
6,791 |
3,513 |
5,745 |
3,280 |
2,465 |
126.01 |
93.42 |
235.21 |
0.85 |
1.08 |
0.50 |
1.42 |
1.70 |
1.07 |
| Unemployed* |
7,973 |
6,455 |
1,518 |
2,143 |
1,746 |
397 |
-5,830 |
-4,709 |
-1,121 |
-73.12 |
-72.95 |
-73.85 |
1.48 |
1.98 |
0.72 |
0.29 |
0.44 |
0.12 |
| Total specified |
537,210 |
326,120 |
211,090 |
727,970 |
399,056 |
328,914 |
190,760 |
72,936 |
117,824 |
35.51 |
22.36 |
55.85 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Occupation not stated |
3,112 |
2,531 |
581 |
3,558 |
1,994 |
1,564 |
446 |
-537 |
983 |
14.33 |
-21.22 |
169.19 |
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| Total population |
540,322 |
328,651 |
211,671 |
731,528 |
401,050 |
330,478 |
191,206 |
72,399 |
118,807 |
35.39 |
22.03 |
56.13 |
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