OCCUPATIONS OF FEMALES, 1891—CLASSES., TABLE LXIX.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations arranged in Classes—continued.
Class. Occupations. Total. Number of Females at each Period of Age.
Under 5 Years. 5 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 45 45 to 65 65 and Upwards. Unspecified.
SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS—continued.
IV. Industrial.—Embracing females, not otherwise classed, engaged in works or specialities connected with the construction, modification, or alteration of materials, so as to render them more available for the use of man 28,662 901 9,859 8,614 7,601 1,388 253 46
V. Primary Producers.—Embracing femals mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources 10,861 881 3,216 2,123 2,257 1,900 472 12
VI. Indefinite.—Embracing females living upon incomes awarded for services rendered at some previous period, or upon incomes the source of which is not perfectly defined 13,286 9 90 240 1,518 8,056 3,366 7
SECTION B.—NON-BREADWINNERS.
VII. Dependents.—Embracing wives, female relatives, and others employed, if employed at all, in household or other pursuits for which payment is not usually made ; also children and others being educated, and females supported by public or private charity or detained in penal instiutions 425,496 73,319 116,882 30,105 35,275 111,299 47,488 10,104 1,024
Occupations not stated 1,421 91 139 200 274 24 693