TABLE showing the Occupations of Persons, Males, and Females under and over 20 years of age, in the Colony of Victoria, according to the Returns of the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871.
| OCCUPATIONS. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
| TOTAL |
731,528 |
363,064 |
368,464 |
401,050 |
181,585 |
219,465 |
330,478 |
181,479 |
148,999 |
| CLASS I.—PROFESSIONAL. |
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| ORDER 1.—PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE GENERAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR THE DEFENCE OR PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY. |
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| Sub-order 1.—Officers of general government : |
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| The Governor (1) |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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| Ministers of the Crown |
3 |
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3 |
3 |
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3 |
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| Members of Parliament (not otherwise described) (2) |
15 |
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15 |
15 |
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15 |
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| Principal officers (3) |
60 |
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60 |
60 |
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60 |
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| Clerks, accountants, &c.(4) |
538 |
30 |
508 |
538 |
30 |
508 |
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| Architects, civil engineers, surveyors, draftsmen (not principal officers (5) |
145 |
3 |
142 |
145 |
3 |
142 |
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| Intermediate or subordinate officers (including lockers, weighers, sorters, messengers, office-keepers, boatmen, laborers, &c.) (6) |
441 |
34 |
407 |
435 |
34 |
401 |
6 |
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6 |
| Police (including detectives) (7) |
1,045 |
1 |
1,044 |
1,045 |
1 |
1,044 |
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| Penal (including all persons employed in penal establishments, gaols, and reformatories) (8) |
241 |
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241 |
223 |
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223 |
18 |
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18 |
| Other government officers (including coroners, deputy and electoral registrars, crown prosecutors, postmasters and postmistresses not civil servants, not otherwise described, &c.)(9) |
118 |
1 |
117 |
92 |
1 |
91 |
26 |
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26 |
| Government officers, civil servants (not otherwise described) (10) |
30 |
5 |
25 |
30 |
5 |
25 |
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| Sub-order 2.—Officers of local government : |
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| Members of local councils (not otherwise described) |
6 |
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6 |
6 |
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6 |
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| Magistrates, J.P.'s (not otherwise described) |
10 |
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10 |
10 |
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10 |
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| Officers of local bodies (including town clerks, shire secretaries, clerks to road boards, town surveyors, shire engineers, rate collectors, inspectors of nuisances and weights and measures, &c.) (11) |
437 |
19 |
418 |
436 |
19 |
417 |
1 |
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1 |
| Sub-order 3.—Defence : |
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| Army officers (12) |
45 |
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45 |
45 |
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45 |
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| Army non-commissioned officers and soldiers (13) |
135 |
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135 |
135 |
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135 |
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| Navy officers (14) |
42 |
3 |
39 |
42 |
3 |
39 |
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| Navy petty officers and sailors (15) |
162 |
12 |
150 |
162 |
12 |
150 |
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| Volunteers (not otherwise described) (16) |
29 |
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29 |
29 |
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29 |
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| Others connected with defence (including markers and keepers of rifle butts, military staff and ordance clerks, ordance fitters, &c. (17) |
21 |
3 |
18 |
21 |
3 |
18 |
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| ORDER 2.—PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS OR IN LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE SUBORDINATES). |
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| Sub-order 1.—Clergymen, ministers, and church officers : |
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| Regular clergymen (18) |
633 |
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633 |
633 |
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633 |
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| Theological students (19) |
6 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
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| Irregular clergy (including lay and bible readers, missionaries, catechists, &c.) (20) |
66 |
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66 |
66 |
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66 |
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| Church officers (including church clerks, sextons, vergers, sacristans, chapel-keepers, &c.) |
96 |
1 |
95 |
94 |
1 |
93 |
2 |
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2 |
| Nuns, sisters of charity, &c. |
53 |
2 |
51 |
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53 |
2 |
51 |
| Others connected with religion (including officers of the diocese, cemetery employes, josshouse keepers, &c.) (21) |
45 |
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45 |
39 |
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39 |
6 |
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6 |
| Sub-order 2.—Law court officers, lawyers, &c.: |
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| Judges (22) |
14 |
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14 |
14 |
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14 |
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| Law court officers (including sheriffs, clerks of courts, bailiffs, court interpreters) |
192 |
3 |
189 |
192 |
3 |
189 |
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