EMPLOYERS, INDEPENDENT WORKERS, WAGE-EARNERS, AND UNEMPLOYED, 1891., (Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, and of those whose occupations were not returned.)
| Breadwinners. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| Employers of labour |
38,709 |
3,064 |
41,773 |
10.19 |
2.68 |
8.46 |
| On their own account (not employing labour) |
61,195 |
29,174 |
90,369 |
16.12 |
25.54 |
18.29 |
| Receiving salary or wages |
259,914 |
78,674 |
338,588 |
68.44 |
68.87 |
68.54 |
| Unemployed |
19,930 |
3,317 |
23,247 |
5.25 |
2.91 |
4.71 |
| Total Breadwinners |
379,748 |
114,229 |
493,977 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |