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—continued.
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. |
IV. |
21 |
Persons engaged in mechanical operations or labour, the nature of which is undefined |
37,952 |
4,233 |
33,719 |
37,603 |
4,064 |
33,539 |
349 |
169 |
180 |
V. |
22 |
Persons engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, capturing, or destroying animals, or obtaining raw products from natural sources |
123,996 |
23,542 |
100,454 |
113,135 |
19,445 |
93,690 |
10,861 |
4,097 |
6,764 |
VI. |
23 |
Persons not stated to have any fixed occupation but apparently living on incomes, also persons whose pursuits were imperfectly described |
17,771 |
139 |
17,632 |
4,485 |
40 |
4,445 |
13,286 |
99 |
13,187 |
VII. |
24 |
Persons engaged, if engaged at all, in household duties or being educated |
618,663 |
414,621 |
204,042 |
197,728 |
195,340 |
2,388 |
420,933 |
219,281 |
201,654 |
|
25 |
Persons dependent upon the State or upon public or private support |
11,137 |
1,832 |
9,305 |
6,576 |
800 |
5,776 |
4,561 |
1,032 |
3,529 |
|
|
Occupations not stated |
6,686 |
581 |
6,105 |
5,265 |
490 |
4,775 |
1,421 |
91 |
1,330 |