OCCUPATIONS, 1871 AND 1881.—ORDERS., TABLE LXXI.—Showing, at the last Two Censuses, the Number of Persons, Males, and Females of All Ages, under and over Twenty Years of Age, of Different Occupations, arranged in Fifteen Orders ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Order to the Total of the same column.
Class. Order. Occupations (arranged in Fifteen Orders). 1871.
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.
Numbers.
Total specified 727,067 362,389 364,678 398,341 181,312 217,029 328,726 181,077 147,649
I. 1 Persons engaged in the general or local government, or the defence or protection of the country 3,524 111 3,413 3,473 111 3,362 51 51
I. 2 Persons engaged in the learned professions, or in literature, art, science (with their immediate subordinates) 10,607 1,625 8,982 6,562 624 5,938 4,045 1,001 3,044
II. 3 Persons engaged in the domestic offices or duties of wives, mothers, mistresses of families, children, relatives (not otherwise returned) 398,228 305,867 92,361 145,490 144,823 667 252,738 161,044 91,694
II. 4 Persons engaged in entertaining and performing personal offices for man 36,121 12,208 23,913 8,261 998 7,263 27,860 11,210 16,650
III. 5 Persons who buy or sell, keep or lend, money or goods of various kinds 13,762 1,756 12,006 12,559 1,626 10,933 1,203 130 1,073
III. 6 Persons engaged in the conveyance of men, animals, goods, and messages 13,317 1,836 11,481 13,249 1,830 11,419 68 6 62
IV. 7 Persons possessing, working, or cultivating land ; raising or dealing in animals ; or following pursuits subsidiary thereto 85,841 13,269 72,572 61,277 11,592 49,685 24,564 1,677 22,887
V. 8 Persons engaged in working and dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 23,174 3,393 19,781 22,755 3,321 19,434 419 72 347
V. 9 Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and in fibrous materials 22,151 6,269 15,882 9,965 2,341 7,624 12,186 3,928 8,258
V. 10 Persons working and dealing in food and drinks 14,069 2,742 11,327 12,632 2,601 10,031 1,437 141 1,296
V. 11 Persons working and dealing in animal and vegetable substances 9,354 1,608 7,746 9,263 1,571 7,692 91 37 54
V. 12 Persons working and dealing in minerals 67,264 5,606 61,658 67,219 5,597 61,622 45 9 36
VI. 13 Labourers and others (branch of labour undefined) 17,697 1,923 15,774 17,665 1,910 15,755 32 13 19
VI. 14 Persons of property and rank not returned under any office or occupation 1,116 14 1,102 772 10 762 344 4 340
VI. 15 Persons supported by the community and of no specified occupation 10,842 4,162 6,680 7,199 2,357 4,842 3,643 1,805 1,838
Proportions per Cent.
Total 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
I. 1 Persons engaged in the general or local government, or the defence or protection of the country 0.485 0.030 0.936 0.872 0.061 1.549 0.015 0.034
I. 2 Persons engaged in the learned professions, or in literature, art, science (with their immediate subordinates) 1.459 0.449 2.463 1.647 0.344 2.736 1.231 0.553 2.062
II. 3 Persons engaged in the domestic offices or duties of wives, mothers, mistresses of families, children, relatives (not otherwise returned) 54.772 84.403 25.327 36.524 79.875 0.307 76.884 88.938 62.102
II. 4 Persons engaged in entertaining and performing personal offices for man 4.968 3.369 6.557 2.074 0.550 3.347 8.475 6.190 11.277
III. 5 Persons who buy or sell, keep or lend, money or goods of various kinds 1.893 0.484 3.292 3.153 0.897 5.038 0.366 0.072 0.727
III. 6 Persons engaged in the conveyance of men, animals, goods, and messages 1.831 0.507 3.149 3.326 1.009 5.261 0.021 0.003 0.042
IV. 7 Persons possessing, working, or cultivating land ; raising or dealing in animals ; or following pursuits subsidiary thereto 11.807 3.661 19.900 15.383 6.394 22.893 7.472 0.926 15.501
V. 8 Persons engaged in working and dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 3.187 0.936 5.424 5.713 1.832 8.955 0.127 0.040 0.235
V. 9 Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and in fibrous materials 3.047 1.730 4.355 2.501 1.291 3.512 3.707 2.169 5.593
V. 10 Persons working and dealing in food and drinks 1.935 0.757 3.106 3.171 1.434 4.622 0.437 0.078 0.878
V. 11 Persons working and dealing in animal and vegetable substances 1.287 0.443 2.124 2.325 0.867 3.545 0.028 0.020 0.037
V. 12 Persons working and dealing in minerals 9.251 1.548 16.908 16.875 3.087 28.394 0.014 0.005 0.024
VI. 13 Labourers and others (branch of labour undefined) 2.434 0.531 4.325 4.435 1.053 7.259 0.010 0.007 0.013
VI. 14 Persons of property and rank not returned under any office or occupation 0.153 0.004 0.302 0.194 0.006 0.351 0.105 0.002 0.230
VI. 15 Persons supported by the community and of no specified occupation 1.491 1.148 1.832 1.807 1.300 2.231 1.108 0.997 1.245