OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AND FEMALES, 1881 AND 1891, UNDER SIXTY-ONE HEADS(1) (INCLUDING CHINESE AND ABORIGINES).
| Occupations. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
|
Government and Defence.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Officers of general government |
3,240 |
237 |
3,477 |
5,016 |
562 |
5,578 |
| Officers of local government |
511 |
7 |
518 |
773 |
12 |
785 |
| Engaged in defence |
499 |
|
499 |
514 |
|
514 |
|
Learned Professions, Literature, Art, and Science.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Clergymen, ministers of religion, church officers |
1,052 |
185 |
1,237 |
1,757 |
504 |
2,261 |
| Lawyers and their immediate subordinates, law court officers |
1,243 |
|
1,243 |
2,054 |
11 |
2,065 |
| Physicians, surgeons, druggists, &c. |
1,483 |
112 |
1,595 |
2,382 |
1,092 |
3,474 |
| Authors, literary persons, &c. |
452 |
9 |
461 |
1,213 |
79 |
1,292 |
| Scientific persons |
298 |
2 |
300 |
555 |
1 |
556 |
| Teachers |
2,620 |
4,175 |
6,795 |
2,703 |
4,597 |
7,300 |
| Artists |
591 |
143 |
734 |
1,122 |
380 |
1,502 |
| Musicians, music teachers, &c. |
480 |
809 |
1,289 |
802 |
1,583 |
2,385 |
| Actors, &c. |
452 |
108 |
560 |
828 |
188 |
1,016 |
|
Performing Personal Offices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Engaged in board and lodging |
3,933 |
3,542 |
7,475 |
3,738 |
3,439 |
7,177 |
| Engaged in attendance |
4,733 |
27,501 |
32,234 |
10,147 |
39,276 |
49,423 |
|
Traders and Carriers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Merchants, bankers, traders, and their subordinates |
16,502 |
2,656 |
19,158 |
27,740 |
5,218 |
32,958 |
| Carriers on railway (not railway construction) |
2,849 |
249 |
3,098 |
6,794 |
854 |
7,648 |
| Carriers on roads |
8,277 |
14 |
8,291 |
14,760 |
49 |
14,809 |
| Carriers on seas and rivers |
3,339 |
24 |
3,363 |
6,123 |
43 |
6,166 |
| Engaged in storage |
1,248 |
9 |
1,257 |
444 |
7 |
451 |
| Messengers and porters |
1,488 |
71 |
1,559 |
3,276 |
190 |
3,466 |
|
Engaged in Agricultural and Pastoral Pursuits.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Engaged in agricultural pursuits |
69,714 |
11456(2) |
81,170 |
79,414 |
10,045 |
89,459 |
| Engaged in pastoral pursuits |
7,481 |
1043(2) |
8,524 |
9,167 |
766 |
9,933 |
| Engaged on land (not cultivating or grazing) |
738 |
|
738 |
1,572 |
12 |
1,584 |
| Engaged about animals |
3,288 |
10 |
3,298 |
4,735 |
34 |
4,769 |
|
Artisans and Mechanics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Engaged in books |
3,033 |
195 |
3,228 |
4,690 |
598 |
5,288 |
| Engaged in musical instruments |
138 |
1 |
139 |
225 |
4 |
229 |
| Engaged in prints and pictures |
197 |
3 |
200 |
369 |
18 |
387 |
| Engaged in carving and figures |
146 |
16 |
162 |
361 |
22 |
383 |
| Engaged in equipment for sports and games |
22 |
4 |
26 |
24 |
4 |
28 |
| Engaged in designs, medals, and dies |
54 |
33 |
87 |
69 |
55 |
124 |
| Engaged in watches and philosophical instruments |
567 |
3 |
570 |
858 |
11 |
869 |
| Engaged in surgical instruments |
16 |
5 |
21 |
20 |
4 |
24 |