TABLE 3.—OCCUPATIONS BY AGE GROUPS AND BY OCCUPATION GRADES.—SECTION B.—IN MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS (BOARDS OF WORKS' DISTRICT)—continued.
Classification. Occupations. Sex. Total. Age Group. Occupation Grade.
Order. Sub-order. Group. Under 5* 5 to 15* 15 to 20. 20 to 25. 25 to 45. 45 to 65. 65 and over. Unspecified Adults. Employers of labour. In business on their own account (not employing labour.)† Receiving salary or wages.‡ Relative assisting. Not at work for more than a week prior to census.
3 Farm servant, agricultural labourer Males 711 24 166 145 263 84 29 516 195
Females 4 2 2 2 2
4 Market gardener Males 787 13 35 84 498 128 21 8 165 200 378 36 8
Females 10 3 1 3 2 1 2 8
5 Fruit-grower, orchardist Males 76 3 12 15 26 17 3 15 20 26 5 10
Females 6 1 2 3 1 2 1 2
6 Hop, cotton, tea, coffee, grower Males 4 1 1 1 1 1 3
Females 2 1 1 1 1
8 Wine-grower, vigneron Males 19 2 8 6 3 11 2 3 3
9 Sugar-planter Males 1 1 1
10 Horticulturist, gardener Males 1,558 8 118 157 615 441 211 8 78 155 1,178 13 134
Females 10 2 3 1 4 2 4 4
11 Agricultural Department officer Males 28 2 18 7 1 28
12 Others (including threshing machine owner, worker, &c.) Males 15 4 3 8 2 2 11
Sub-order 2.—Pastoral Pursuits.
2 1 Grazier, pastoralist, stock-breeder, and relative assisting Males 234 1 1 24 109 65 34 143 88 3
Females 14 1 6 5 2 7 5 2
2 Station manager, overseer, clerk Males 81 2 6 45 25 1 2 59 1 21
3 Stock-rider, drover, shearer, shepherd, pastoral labourer Males 311 4 24 47 160 55 20 1 2 14 221 4 70
4 Dairy farmer, and relative assisting Males 118 1 9 14 51 34 8 1 47 39 32
Females 63 2 7 10 18 21 5 9 17 37
5 Dairy assistant, milker Males 68 22 17 8 15 2 4 63 5
Females 4 1 2 1 4
6 Poultry farmer Males 48 2 2 5 16 15 8 6 30 8 3 1
Females 22 2 1 7 8 4 3 15 1 3
7 Stock and Brands Department officer Males 4 3 1 4
8 Others (including pig farmer) Males 8 1 2 4 1 3 2 2 1
Females 1 1 1
Sub-order 3.—The capture, preservation, or destruction of Wild Animal, or the acquisition of their products.
3 2 Kangaroo hunter, rabbiter Males 10 1 4 4 1 1 5 3 1
3 Wild fowl, game keeper, hunter Males 2 2 2
Sub-order 4.—Fisheries.
4 2 Fisherman Males 59 3 6 26 16 7 1 2 35 17 2 3
5 Others Males 1 1 1
Sub-order 5.—Forestry, or the acquisition of Raw Products yielded by Natural Vegetation.
5 1 Forest Department, officer, ranger Males 1 1 1
2 Forest saw-mill proprietor, worker Males 1 1 1
3 Axeman, woodman, timber-getter, splitter Males 16 2 3 6 5 3 9 4
6 Tree-ringer, grubber Males 1 1 1
7 Others (chiefly bushman, bush labourer, so stated) Males 4 2 2 2 2
Sub-order 6.—Engaged in the Conservation of Water in all us forms, and in Water Supply from Natural Sources.
6 1 Water Supply Department officer Males 79 2 5 54 15 3 78 1
2 Water Supply Department, caretaker, worker Males 71 7 43 14 6 1 70 1