GENERAL SUMMARY OF VICTORIA.—ORDERS., TABLE III.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Persons, Males and Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines), at all Ages and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in Twenty-five Orders.
Class. |
Order. |
Occupations. |
Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.* |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
Total. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
Total. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
|
|
Total |
1,130,463 |
506,401 |
624,062 |
589,317 |
255,073 |
334,244 |
541,146 |
251,328 |
289,818 |
|
|
Total of Specified Occupations |
1,123,777 |
505,820 |
617,957 |
584,052 |
254,583 |
329,469 |
539,725 |
251,237 |
288,488 |
I. |
1 |
† Persons engaged in Government (not otherwise classed) and in defence, law, and protection |
6,940 |
492 |
6,448 |
6,771 |
487 |
6,284 |
169 |
5 |
164 |
|
2 |
Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, science, and amusements |
22,691 |
2,988 |
19,703 |
13,135 |
1,281 |
11,854 |
9,556 |
1,707 |
7,849 |
II. |
3 |
Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usully paid |
56,980 |
14,732 |
42,248 |
14,549 |
2,130 |
12,419 |
42,431 |
12,602 |
29,829 |
III. |
4 |
Persons who perform offices in connexion with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property |
9,276 |
574 |
8,702 |
8,135 |
554 |
7,581 |
1,141 |
20 |
1,121 |
|
5 |
Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination |
2,514 |
486 |
2,028 |
2,101 |
415 |
1,686 |
413 |
71 |
342 |
|
6 |
Persons dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles |
6,057 |
1,356 |
4,701 |
5,157 |
1,085 |
4,072 |
900 |
271 |
629 |
|
7 |
Persons dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants |
14,128 |
2,680 |
11,448 |
12,727 |
2,401 |
10,326 |
1,401 |
279 |
1,122 |
|
8 |
Persons dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food |
4,721 |
644 |
4,077 |
4,452 |
541 |
3,911 |
269 |
103 |
166 |
|
9 |
Persons dealing in minerals, mineral substances, and metals |
4,721 |
644 |
4,077 |
4,452 |
541 |
3,911 |
269 |
103 |
166 |
|
10 |
Persons dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light |
1,664 |
231 |
1,433 |
1,647 |
230 |
1,417 |
17 |
1 |
16 |
|
11 |
General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events |
26,339 |
5,343 |
20,996 |
22,832 |
4,563 |
18,269 |
3,507 |
780 |
2,727 |
|
12 |
Persons engaged in storage |
390 |
18 |
372 |
383 |
18 |
365 |
7 |
|
7 |
|
13 |
Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages |
31,424 |
4,305 |
27,119 |
29,880 |
4,195 |
25,685 |
1,544 |
110 |
1,434 |
IV. |
14 |
Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination |
28,904 |
6,411 |
22,493 |
27,880 |
5,974 |
21,906 |
1,024 |
437 |
587 |
|
15 |
Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles |
37,415 |
11,768 |
25,647 |
10,928 |
1,979 |
8,949 |
26,487 |
9,789 |
16,698 |
|
16 |
Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants |
7,607 |
1,646 |
5,961 |
7,178 |
1,465 |
5,713 |
429 |
181 |
248 |
|
17 |
Persons engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances |
6,671 |
1,016 |
5,655 |
6,382 |
856 |
5,526 |
289 |
160 |
129 |
|
18 |
Persons engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals |
14,394 |
3,307 |
11,087 |
14,330 |
3,285 |
11,045 |
64 |
22 |
42 |
|
19 |
Persons engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy |
1,022 |
60 |
962 |
1,020 |
60 |
960 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
20 |
Persons engaged in the construction or repair of buildings, railways, roads, docks, canals, and earthworks, and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse |
33,162 |
3,027 |
30,135 |
33,144 |
3,025 |
30,119 |
18 |
2 |
16 |