BIRTHPLACES OF THE URBAN, RURAL, AND GOLD-FIELD POPULATION, 1881., TABLE XXXII.—Showing the Number of Persons of different Nationalities in the Colony of Victoria, in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in the Shires, in Places outside Local Jurisdiction, and on the Gold-fields ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Nationality to the Totals of their respective Divisions., The Numbers in the Colony are made up of the sum of those in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires, and in Places outside Local Jurisdiction. The Numbers on the Gold-fields are more or less scattered over all the Divisions.
Birthplace. The Colony. Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. Shires. Places outside Local Jurisdiction. Gold-fields.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Total 862,346 435,443 421,025 5,878 230,944
Total specified 857,587 100.00 433,123 100.00 418,661 100.000 5,803 100.000 230,210 100.000
Victoria 499,199 58.212 242,320 55.947 254,677 60.833 2,202 37.946 135,624 58.913
New South Wales 9,826 1.146 5,497 1.269 4,186 1.000 143 2.464 2,041 0.887
Queensland 1,120 0.131 811 0.187 307 0.073 2 0.034 145 0.063
South Australia 9,928 1.158 3,848 0.888 6,033 1.440 47 0.810 1,835 0.797
Western Australia 404 0.047 227 0.052 174 0.042 3 0.052 74 0.032
Tasmania 11,876 1.385 7,366 1.701 4,422 1.056 88 1.517 1,770 0.769
New Zealand 2,885 0.336 2,019 0.466 849 0.203 17 0.293 438 0.188
Fiji 95 0.011 67 0.015 27 0.006 1 0.017 25 0.011
Australia (colony not named) 3,727 0.435 1,986 0.458 1,733 0.414 8 0.138 1,048 0.455
England 142,906 16.664 85,181 19.667 56,522 13.500 1,203 20.731 40,065 17.404
Wales 4,547 0.530 2,568 0.593 1,934 0.462 45 0.776 2,028 0.881
Scotland 48,153 5.615 23,059 5.324 24,628 5.882 466 8.030 10,908 4.738
Ireland 86,733 10.113 42,266 9.758 43,911 10.488 556 9.581 19,998 8.687
Other British Possessions*—
European 136 0.016 91 0.021 43 0.010 2 0.034 27 0.012
Asiatic 1,130 0.132 731 0.169 377 0.090 22 0.379 233 0.101
African 638 0.074 418 0.096 208 0.049 12 0.207 144 0.063
American 1,660 0.193 970 0.224 639 0.153 51 0.879 447 0.194
France 1,334 0.155 641 0.148 454 0.108 239 4.119 273 0.119
Belgium 112 0.013 68 0.015 42 0.011 2 0.034 14 0.006
Holland and Dutch Colonies* 342 0.040 180 0.041 157 0.037 5 0.086 86 0.037
Germany 8,571 0.999 3,857 0.890 4,588 1.096 126 2.171 2,437 1.059
Denmark 1,039 0.121 440 0.101 546 0.130 53 0.913 329 0.143
Sweden and Norway 1,375 0.160 553 0.128 688 0.165 134 2.309 254 0.110
Russia 369 0.043 254 0.058 107 0.026 8 0.138 68 0.029
Austria 323 0.038 180 0.041 130 0.032 13 0.224 97 0.043
Switzerland 1,314 0.153 362 0.083 939 0.224 13 0.224 577 0.251
Italy 947 0.110 354 0.082 470 0.112 123 2.120 352 0.153
Spain and Spanish Colonies* 148 0.017 88 0.020 59 0.014 1 0.017 42 0.018
Portugal and Portuguese Colonies* 153 0.018 86 0.020 65 0.016 2 0.034 43 0.019
Other European Countries* 284 0.033 177 0.048 98 0.023 9 0.155 71 0.031
United States of America 2,343 0.273 1,388 0.320 914 0.219 41 0.707 607 0.264
China 11,799 1.376 3,858 0.891 7,792 1.861 149 2.568 7,613 3.307
Other Countries* 277 0.032 164 0.038 113 0.027 91 0.039
At Sea—British Subjects 1,877 0.219 1,033 0.238 827 0.198 17 0.293 402 0.175
At Sea—Foreign Subjects 17 0.002 15 0.003 2 4 0.002
Unspecified British Names 4,707 2,294 2,349 64 726
Unspecified Foreign Names 52 26 15 11 8