TABLE XXV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females of different Birthplaces in the District under the jurisdiction of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works,* according to the Returns of the Census of 1891.
| Birthplaces. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total |
476,849 |
239,632 |
237,217 |
| Victoria |
270,418 |
128,862 |
141,556 |
| New South Wales |
10,297 |
4,841 |
5,456 |
| Queensland |
1,791 |
767 |
1,024 |
| South Australia |
10,247 |
4,909 |
5,338 |
| Western Australia |
461 |
203 |
258 |
| Tasmania |
10,099 |
4,208 |
5,891 |
| New Zealand |
8,902 |
4,605 |
4,297 |
| Fiji and New Guinea |
98 |
54 |
44 |
| Australia (so stated) |
1,009 |
427 |
582 |
| Aborigines |
11 |
6 |
5 |
| England |
82,500 |
46,738 |
35,762 |
| Wales |
2,086 |
1,223 |
863 |
| Scotland |
22,668 |
12,370 |
10,298 |
| Ireland |
36,257 |
16,516 |
19,741 |
| India |
968 |
551 |
417 |
| Cape Colony |
391 |
175 |
216 |
| Canada |
626 |
420 |
206 |
| France |
704 |
437 |
267 |
| Belgium |
118 |
79 |
39 |
| Holland |
175 |
125 |
50 |
| Germany |
4,329 |
3,052 |
1,277 |
| Austria-Hungary |
279 |
229 |
50 |
| Switzerland |
256 |
183 |
73 |
| Italy |
477 |
398 |
79 |
| Spain |
150 |
108 |
42 |
| Portugal |
63 |
44 |
19 |
| Denmark |
592 |
488 |
104 |
| Sweden and Norway |
1,405 |
1,268 |
137 |
| Russia |
777 |
556 |
221 |
| United States |
1,504 |
968 |
536 |
| China |
2,143 |
2,101 |
42 |
| Other Countries |
1,637 |
1,000 |
637 |
| At Sea—British |
913 |
443 |
470 |
| Unspecified—British |
2,498 |
1,278 |
1,220 |