Increase or Decrease of the Various Occupations.—Persons (I.)., TABLE I.—Showing, exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, the Number of Persons of different Occupations, classed under ten heads, living in Victoria at the various Census Periods from 1846 to 1871, both inclusive, and the Numerical and Centesimal Increase or Decrease of those under each head during the interval between any two Censuses.
| Occupations (classified under ten heads). |
Persons of both Sexes. |
| Number, 1846. |
Increase, 1846 to 1851. |
Number, 1851. |
Increase, 1851 to 1854. |
Number, 1854. |
Increase or Decrease, 1854 to 1857. |
Number, 1857. |
Increase or Decrease, 1857 to 1861. |
Number, 1861. |
Increase or Decrease, 1861 to 1871. |
Number, 1871. |
| Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
Numerical. |
Centesimal. |
| 1. Commerce, trade, and manufacture |
3,347 |
5,088 |
152.0 |
8,435 |
44,477 |
527.3 |
52,912 |
16,346 |
30.9 |
69,258 |
15,683 |
22.6 |
84,941 |
29,322 |
34.5 |
114,263 |
| 2. Gold-mining |
|
|
|
|
34,013 |
Infinite |
34,013 |
28,415 |
83.5 |
62,428 |
-473 |
-0.8 |
61,955 |
-22,201 |
-35.8 |
39,754 |
| 3. Agriculture, farming, and pastoral pursuits |
7,502 |
4,139 |
55.2 |
11,641 |
2,736 |
23.5 |
14,377 |
24,248 |
168.7 |
38,625 |
15,643 |
40.4 |
54,268 |
10,788 |
19.9 |
65,056 |
| 4. Laborers (branch of labor undefined) |
1,917 |
4,109 |
214.3 |
6,026 |
2,878 |
47.6 |
8,904 |
-2,145 |
-24.1 |
6,759 |
1,339 |
19.8 |
8,098 |
7,083 |
87.5 |
15,181 |
| 5. Domestic servants |
2,274 |
2,336 |
102.7 |
4,610 |
5,837 |
104.9 |
10,447 |
9,292 |
88.9 |
19,739 |
3,834 |
19.4 |
23,573 |
1,278 |
5.4 |
24,851 |
| 6. Learned professions, fine arts, literature, &c. |
386 |
906 |
234.7 |
1,292 |
1,417 |
109.7 |
2,709 |
2,332 |
86.1 |
5,041 |
2,244 |
44.5 |
7,285 |
4,633 |
63.6 |
11,918 |
| 7. Maintained out of the public revenue |
107 |
39 |
36.5 |
146 |
6,822 |
4672.6 |
6,968 |
93 |
1.3 |
7,061 |
1,082 |
15.3 |
8,143 |
6,089 |
74.8 |
14,232 |
| 8. Miscellaneous pursuits |
17,346 |
27,849 |
160.4 |
45,195 |
58,836 |
130.2 |
1,858 |
-1,110 |
-59.7 |
748 |
229 |
30.6 |
977 |
-595 |
-60.9 |
382 |
| 9. Independent means |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,943 |
-768 |
-39.5 |
1,175 |
187 |
15.9 |
1,362 |
497 |
36.5 |
1,859 |
| 10. Residue of population |
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,230 |
72,510 |
72.3 |
172,740 |
90,554 |
52.4 |
263,294 |
161,473 |
61.3 |
424,767 |
| Total |
32,879 |
44,466 |
135.2 |
77,345 |
157,016 |
206.1 |
234,361 |
149,213 |
63.7 |
383,574 |
130,322 |
3.40 |
513,896 |
198,367 |
38.6 |
712,263 |