Census of the British empire, 1901. : Report with summary and detailed tables for the several colonies, &c., area, houses, and population; also population classified by ages, condition as to marriage, occupations, birthplaces, religions, degrees of education, and infirmities.

  • Great Britain. Census Office.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Census of the British empire, 1901. : Report with summary and detailed tables for the several colonies, &c., area, houses, and population; also population classified by ages, condition as to marriage, occupations, birthplaces, religions, degrees of education, and infirmities. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Table shows the Birthplaces of the populations of the principal parts of the Empire for which the statistics are available :—. | | a a ann a OE DS SE ESS I I ES AS A Te | BORN ELSEWHERE. eee | British Empire. Foreign Countries, ve PAROS ON oe ae DED CLS ba a reent Biri tr err CoUNTRY. United Kingdom. Other Parts. European. Others.* ss) P f Propor- Propor- Propor- Number, ies Number, yer Number. | tion per} Number, |tion per} Number. | tion per cent. cent. cent. cent. cent, lt Beek Dyess Vw Oe EN Ae ee | England and Wales... ... | 31,269,203 |- 96:13 |; 779,166 2°40 | 136,092 0°42 283,785 0°87 59,597 0-18 Scotland : Ass af 4,085,755 91:35 |! 340,145 7°61 15,907 0°36 20,385 0°46 9,911 0°22 Treland yee ah HL 4,326,947 | 97°04 || 107,078 | 240) $8,061) O18 BRAS O14 | 10,641 | 0-24 Isle of Man and Channel 118,164 | 78°58 |) 22,025 | 14°65 1,261 | 0°84 8,543 | 5°68 377 0°25 Islands. | | . 2 QQe | a Gibraltar ... 53 Sad 14,777 | 53°82 7,698 | 28:03 1,008 3°67 2,835 | 10°32 1,142 4-16 Malta (Civil Population) ... 177,994 | 96°35 1,890 1:02 292 0-16 2,814 1°52 1,752 0°95, Cyprus Ay sis aay 234,516 | 98°94 | 135 0:06 66 0°03 2,023 0°85 282 0712 Indian Empire ne ane, | 299,734 385 | 99°76 || 96,653) 0°03 | 14,577 | 0-01 8,409 | 0:00 | 581,236 | 0°20 Ceylon cee oan NE 3,125,896 | 87°48 5,813 0716 | 440,520 | 12°33 531 0°01 588 0°02 Hong Kong ... oe es ~ 4,062 | 1°70 1,948 | 0°82 869 | O16 39 | 0°02 | 231,212 | 97°30 Cape of Good Hope ... wee | 2,205,937 | 91°54 || 88,088 3°66 7,633 3:12 30,538 ea ay 8,481 0°35 Natal ... 50. ee Bay! 973,260 | 87°79 | 36,824 3°32 91,854 8*28 5,732 | 0°2 1,032 0°09 Orange River Colony see al 252,447 | 65°21 18,490 | 4:78 | 108,679 | 28:07 2,696 | 0°70 4,802 | 1-24 Mauritius and Dependencies 309,763 | 82°42 | 426 O11 59,958 | 15°95 459 0:12 5,276 1:40 Seychelles Islands ... ... 16,550 | 85°93 | 53 | 0:28 984 | 511 lll | 058 1,560 | $10 Dominion of Canada “ey 4,671,815 | 87°22 || 390,019 7°23 15,864 0°30 | 127,128 2°37 151,660 2°83 Newfoundland and Labrador 214,738 | 97°78 1,951 0°89.) | 2,102 0°96 Fa = 816 0°37 Bermudas, or Somers Islandst+ 14,885 | 73°49 —t —t 4,257+| 21-024, 473 | 2°34 639 | 3°15 Bahama Islands... ... 52,196 | 97°13 160 | 0°30 | 653 | 122 38 | 0:07 688 | 1:28 Grenada’ “iS eoer oie 57,886 | 91:26 |) 140 | 022| 4,777 | 7°53 72| O11 557 | 0°88 St. Lucia oa ads ate 41,777 | 83°76 475 0°95 6,710 | 13°45 91 018 830 1°66 Trinidad and Tobago i 173,353 | 63°31 1,385 | 0°51 | 90,202 | 32°95 1,504 | 0-55 7,345 | 2°68 British Honduras ... eeaH 28,505 | 76°10 Werk 0°47 1,604 4:28 57 | 0-15 7,118 | 19°00 New South Wales ... ere 981,463 | 72°29 || 220,401 | 16°23 | 118,520 8°73 20,768 1°53 16,543 1:22 Victoria aoe oe ies 876,003 ‘| 73°23 || 214,371 | 17:92 78,665 6°58 16,821 1°41 10,325 0°86 Queensland ... on wee 309,581 | 59°19 || 126,159 | 24°13 43,359 8°29 21,518 4°11 22,369 4°28 South Australia... Ax 298,794 | 76°70 || 56,862 | 14°60 19,819 5:09 9,309 2°39 4,737 1°22 Western Australia ... =F) 57,821 | 30°57 41,551 | 21:97 78,902 | 41°71 6,047 3°20 4,822 2°55 Tasmania ... sex 2 sh 136,629 | 79°44 19,815 | 11°52 13,139 7°64 1,447 0°84 958 0°56 New Zealand A by 559,249 | 68°59 || 205,11) | 25°15 | 31,275 3°84 13,726 | 1°68 6,059 0-74 * Including Foreign Countries not stated. ; + Natives of the United Kingdom are not distinguished from those of Other Parts of the British Empire. Aes Dealing first with the persons who were enumerated where they were born, it will eit be observed that the populations containing the highest and lowest proportions ' respectively of Native-born were as follows :— Highest Proportions of Boreas a | Lowest Proportions of Seay of Native-Born. Population. | Native-Born. Population, Malta ... ae 38; ee sat 96°4 Hong Kong ... ft 5 ig et tj Treland a: 1 a <P 97-0. + | Western Australia... eo its 30°6 Bahama Islands __... at ae pit | Gibraltar es hs Te eg 53°8 Newfoundland and Labrador a 97°8 | Queensland et 59:2 Cyprus bee Y. wei iri gad 98-9 Trinidad and Tobago 13. 3a 63°3 Indian Empire pe P}: oe 99°8 Orange River Colony “PF aks 65:2. cn eee Colonies, The places with the highest proportions of Natives are generally those that have not &c., with proved attractive to immigrants, and it is noticeable in these cases that, of the comparatively “hb deena small numbers arriving from other parts, the majority come from neighbouring, rather mse than from remote Countries. Thus in Malta, of the 6,748 persons returned as born