COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Occupations of Persons, Males, and Females, in the Colony of Victoria, at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively, according to the system of classification adopted at the former period ; also the Numerical and Centesimal Increase or Decrease of those of each group of occupations between the periods named, and the Proportion per cent. of those of each group to the Total Population—continued.
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POPULATION. |
INCREASE OR DECREASE. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. OF THE POPULATION. |
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1871. |
NUMERICAL. |
CENTESIMAL. |
1861. |
1871. |
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Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| CLASS VII.—GOLD MINING—continued. |
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| 9. Carters of washing stuff, slabbers, &c. |
652 |
652 |
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148 |
148 |
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-504 |
-504 |
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-77.30 |
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0.121 |
0.200 |
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0.037 |
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| 10. Miners for minerals other than gold |
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36 |
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36 |
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0.005 |
0.009 |
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| CLASS VIII.—AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.—Persons working land, and engaged in growing grain, fruits, animals, and other products : |
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| 1. Pastoral—Squatters, stockholders, graziers, sheep-farmers, settlers, &c. |
1,064 |
1,011 |
53 |
1,257 |
1,201 |
56 |
93 |
90 |
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8.74 |
8.90 |
5.66 |
0.198 |
0.310 |
0.025 |
0.173 |
0.301 |
0.017 |
| 2. Pastoral—Overseers on stations, stockmen, shepherds, and station laborers, &c. |
8,660 |
8,069 |
591 |
5,780 |
5,682 |
98 |
-2,880 |
-2,387 |
-493 |
-33.26 |
-29.58 |
-83.42 |
1.612 |
2.474 |
0.280 |
0.794 |
1.423 |
0.030 |
| 3. Agricultural—Farmers and market gardners (masters), farmers' wives, &c. |
17,343 |
13,022 |
4,321 |
26,557 |
25,222 |
1,335 |
9,214 |
12,200 |
-2,986 |
53.13 |
93.69 |
-69.10 |
3.228 |
3.993 |
2.047 |
3.648 |
6.324 |
0.406 |
| 4. Agricultural—Farm laborers and farm servants, gardeners (laborers) |
23,875 |
21,716 |
2,159 |
27,731 |
25,567 |
2,164 |
3,856 |
3,851 |
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16.15 |
17.73 |
0.23 |
4.444 |
6.659 |
1.023 |
3.809 |
6.407 |
0.658 |
| 5. Cattle dealers and sale-yard keepers, seedsmen, farriers, poundkeepers, &c. |
1,859 |
1,846 |
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2,442 |
2,436 |
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583 |
590 |
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31.36 |
31.96 |
-53.85 |
0.346 |
0.566 |
0.006 |
0.335 |
0.614 |
0.002 |
| CLASS IX.—CARRYING.—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods : |
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| 1. Goods traffic chiefly—Carriers, draymen, bullock-drivers on roads, lightermen, &c. |
6,744 |
6,723 |
21 |
5,878 |
5,864 |
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-866 |
-859 |
-7 |
-12.85 |
-12.78 |
33.33 |
1.255 |
2.062 |
0.011 |
0.807 |
1.469 |
0.004 |
| 2. Passenger traffic chiefly—Owners and drivers of coaches, cabs, &c., watermen, railway employes, &c. |
1,764 |
1,754 |
10 |
2,799 |
2,764 |
35 |
1,035 |
1,010 |
25 |
58.67 |
57.58 |
250.00 |
0.328 |
0.538 |
0.005 |
0.385 |
0.693 |
0.010 |
| 3. Water-carters, woodmen, firewood splitters, &c. |
755 |
742 |
13 |
2,714 |
2,695 |
19 |
1,959 |
1,953 |
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259.47 |
263.21 |
46.15 |
0.141 |
0.228 |
0.006 |
0.373 |
0.675 |
0.006 |
| 4. Porters and messengers (not assistants in shops or stores) |
492 |
489 |
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832 |
813 |
19 |
340 |
324 |
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69.11 |
66.26 |
533.33 |
0.092 |
0.150 |
0.001 |
0.114 |
0.204 |
0.006 |
| 5. Engaged in sea navigation—Sailors, ship stewards, and stewardesses, &c. |
2,490 |
2,481 |
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2,713 |
2,701 |
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223 |
220 |
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8.96 |
8.87 |
33.33 |
0.464 |
0.761 |
0.004 |
0.373 |
0.677 |
0.004 |
| CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks : |
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| 1. Animal food chiefly—Butchers, poulterers, fishmongers, &c. |
6,685 |
5,874 |
811 |
6,741 |
6,155 |
586 |
56 |
281 |
-225 |
0.84 |
4.78 |
-27.74 |
1.244 |
1.801 |
0.384 |
0.926 |
1.542 |
0.178 |
| 2. Vegetable food chiefly, and drinks—Bakers, confectioners, greengrocers, wine and spirit merchants, &c. |
5,695 |
5,230 |
465 |
7,347 |
6,897 |
450 |
1,652 |
1,667 |
-15 |
29.01 |
31.87 |
-3.23 |
1.060 |
1.684 |
0.220 |
1.009 |
1.728 |
0.137 |
| CLASS XI.—MISCELLANEOUS PURSUITS.—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in other classes : |
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| 1. Laborers (undefined or unconnected with any of the foregoing pursuits) |
8,122 |
8,110 |
12 |
15,289 |
15,277 |
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7,167 |
7,167 |
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88.24 |
88.37 |
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1.512 |
2.487 |
0.006 |
2.102 |
3.828 |
0.004 |