OCCUPATIONS OF MALES, 1891.—ORDERS., TABLE LXV.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Males (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations, arranged in 25 Orders—continued.
Class. |
Order. |
Occupations. |
Total. |
Number of Males 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. |
III. |
4 |
Performing offices in connexion with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property |
8,135 |
|
17 |
537 |
1,004 |
3,016 |
2,459 |
1,093 |
9 |
|
5 |
Dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination |
2,101 |
|
195 |
220 |
245 |
967 |
379 |
93 |
2 |
|
6 |
Dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles |
5,157 |
|
204 |
881 |
965 |
2,320 |
699 |
80 |
8 |
|
7 |
Dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants |
12,727 |
|
366 |
2,035 |
2,325 |
5,595 |
2,060 |
319 |
27 |
|
8 |
Dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food |
4,452 |
|
88 |
453 |
513 |
2,279 |
987 |
120 |
12 |
|
9 |
Dealing in minerals, mineral substances, and metals |
1,894 |
|
28 |
322 |
416 |
841 |
238 |
49 |
|
|
10 |
Dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light |
1,647 |
|
22 |
208 |
219 |
754 |
361 |
81 |
2 |
|
11 |
General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events |
22,832 |
|
718 |
3,845 |
3,905 |
9,268 |
4,227 |
805 |
64 |
|
12 |
Engaged in storage |
383 |
|
1 |
17 |
24 |
310 |
16 |
15 |
|
|
13 |
Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages |
29,880 |
|
919 |
3,276 |
5,840 |
14,683 |
4,434 |
516 |
212 |
IV. |
14 |
Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in whicmaterials of various kinds are employed in combination |
27,880 |
|
813 |
5,161 |
5,418 |
12,050 |
3,600 |
783 |
55 |
|
15 |
Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles |
10,928 |
|
311 |
1,668 |
1,768 |
4,915 |
1,701 |
549 |
16 |
|
16 |
Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants |
7,178 |
|
223 |
1,242 |
1,160 |
3,095 |
1,240 |
182 |
36 |
|
17 |
Engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances |
6,382 |
|
105 |
751 |
1,081 |
2,844 |
1,337 |
243 |
21 |
|
18 |
Engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals |
14,330 |
|
358 |
2,927 |
2,610 |
6,267 |
1,790 |
349 |
19 |
|
19 |
Engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy |
1,020 |
|
15 |
45 |
161 |
622 |
150 |
26 |
1 |
|
20 |
Engaged in the construction or repair of buildings, railways, roads, docks, canals, and earthworks, and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse |
33,144 |
|
212 |
2,813 |
5,153 |
16,599 |
6,794 |
1,470 |
103 |
|
21 |
Engaged in mechanical operations or labour, the nature of which is undefined |
37,603 |
|
483 |
3,581 |
6,836 |
15,669 |
8,318 |
2,168 |
548 |
V. |
22 |
Engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, capturing, or destroying animals, or obtaining raw products from natural sources |
113,135 |
|
3,222 |
16,223 |
16,047 |
40,034 |
29,499 |
7,848 |
262 |
VI. |
23 |
Males not stated to have any fixed occupation, but apparently living on incomes, also those persons whose pursuits were imperfectly described |
4,485 |
|
5 |
35 |
100 |
592 |
1,846 |
1,897 |
10 |
VII. |
24 |
Engaged, if engaged at all, in household duties or being educated |
197,728 |
74,954 |
114,006 |
6,385 |
944 |
710 |
255 |
410 |
64 |
|
25 |
Dependent upon the State or upon public or private support |
6,576 |
86 |
478 |
236 |
575 |
2,093 |
1,931 |
1,000 |
177 |
|
|
Occupation not stated |
5,265 |
|
|
490 |
575 |
1,443 |
767 |
1,113 |
877 |