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.
ORDER 1.—PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE GENERAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR THE DEFENCE OR PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY.
Sub-order 1.—Officers of general government :
The Governor (1) 1 1 1 1
Ministers of the Crown 3 3 3 3
Members of Parliament (not otherwise described) (2) 15 15 15 15
Principal officers (3) 60 60 60 60
Clerks, accountants, &c.(4) 538 30 508 538 30 508
Architects, civil engineers, surveyors, draftsmen (not principal officers (5) 145 3 142 145 3 142
Intermediate or subordinate officers (including lockers, weighers, sorters, messengers, office-keepers, boatmen, laborers, &c.) (6) 441 34 407 435 34 401 6 6
Police (including detectives) (7) 1,045 1 1,044 1,045 1 1,044
Penal (including all persons employed in penal establishments, gaols, and reformatories) (8) 241 241 223 223 18 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 26
Government officers, civil servants (not otherwise described) (10) 30 5 25 30 5 25
Sub-order 2.—Officers of local government :
Members of local councils (not otherwise described) 6 6 6 6
Magistrates, J.P.'s (not otherwise described) 10 10 10 10
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 1
Sub-order 3.—Defence :
Army officers (12) 45 45 45 45
Army non-commissioned officers and soldiers (13) 135 135 135 135
Navy officers (14) 42 3 39 42 3 39
Navy petty officers and sailors (15) 162 12 150 162 12 150
Volunteers (not otherwise described) (16) 29 29 29 29
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
ORDER 2.—PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS OR IN LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE SUBORDINATES).
Sub-order 1.—Clergymen, ministers, and church officers :
Regular clergymen (18) 633 633 633 633
Theological students (19) 6 1 5 6 1 5
Irregular clergy (including lay and bible readers, missionaries, catechists, &c.) (20) 66 66 66 66
Church officers (including church clerks, sextons, vergers, sacristans, chapel-keepers, &c.) 96 1 95 94 1 93 2 2
Nuns, sisters of charity, &c. 53 2 51 53 2 51
Others connected with religion (including officers of the diocese, cemetery employes, josshouse keepers, &c.) (21) 45 45 39 39 6 6
Sub-order 2.—Law court officers, lawyers, &c.:
Judges (22) 14 14 14 14
Law court officers (including sheriffs, clerks of courts, bailiffs, court interpreters) 192 3 189 192 3 189