RELIGION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION of the COUNTIES and COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS, at 1st March 1856, classified according to RELIGION.
COUNTIES AND COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
TOTALS. |
Church of England. |
Presbyterians. |
Congregationalists. |
Wesleyans. |
Other Protestants. |
Roman Catholics. |
Hebrews. |
Mahomedans and Pagans. |
Other Persuasions. |
Church of England. |
Presbyterians. |
Congregationalists. |
Wesleyans. |
Other Protestants. |
Roman Catholics. |
Hebrews. |
Mahomedans and Pagans. |
Other Persuasions. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
PERSONS. |
Argyle |
1,685 |
360 |
11 |
146 |
25 |
1,215 |
47 |
13 |
6 |
1,240 |
300 |
16 |
156 |
19 |
1,233 |
45 |
|
4 |
3,508 |
3,013 |
6,521 |
Bathurst |
2,130 |
524 |
14 |
514 |
32 |
1,543 |
27 |
39 |
13 |
1,258 |
435 |
15 |
453 |
30 |
1,369 |
8 |
|
5 |
4,836 |
3,573 |
8,409 |
Bligh |
228 |
43 |
|
3 |
5 |
135 |
|
31 |
|
123 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
109 |
|
|
|
445 |
253 |
698 |
Brisbane |
699 |
199 |
3 |
14 |
21 |
375 |
4 |
34 |
2 |
438 |
184 |
2 |
22 |
13 |
310 |
5 |
|
|
1,351 |
974 |
2,325 |
Camden |
4,039 |
1,073 |
51 |
821 |
99 |
2,299 |
12 |
23 |
71 |
3,100 |
953 |
58 |
702 |
84 |
2,368 |
9 |
1 |
58 |
8,488 |
7,333 |
15,821 |
Cook |
1,345 |
224 |
5 |
172 |
2 |
543 |
|
26 |
8 |
1,090 |
193 |
1 |
162 |
|
544 |
|
4 |
12 |
2,325 |
2,006 |
4,331 |
Cumberland |
30,440 |
4,702 |
1,019 |
3,457 |
1,184 |
13,588 |
546 |
249 |
328 |
26,536 |
4,415 |
1,117 |
3,548 |
956 |
16,253 |
420 |
22 |
202 |
55,513 |
53,469 |
108,982 |
Durham |
2,577 |
887 |
17 |
305 |
82 |
1,609 |
2 |
22 |
64 |
2,127 |
768 |
11 |
319 |
73 |
1,519 |
|
1 |
62 |
5,565 |
4,880 |
10,445 |
Georgiana |
542 |
153 |
|
9 |
13 |
390 |
|
|
1 |
262 |
148 |
|
8 |
26 |
285 |
|
|
1 |
1,108 |
730 |
1,838 |
Gloucester |
1,273 |
477 |
20 |
205 |
18 |
459 |
|
29 |
3 |
1,011 |
414 |
21 |
195 |
18 |
424 |
|
|
|
2,484 |
2,083 |
4,567 |
Hunter |
450 |
37 |
|
46 |
5 |
156 |
|
2 |
|
354 |
25 |
|
44 |
1 |
131 |
|
|
|
696 |
555 |
1,251 |
King |
692 |
83 |
|
147 |
1 |
812 |
|
4 |
5 |
470 |
55 |
1 |
121 |
2 |
702 |
|
|
2 |
1,744 |
1,353 |
3,097 |
Macquarie |
744 |
271 |
18 |
30 |
10 |
242 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
539 |
227 |
19 |
32 |
11 |
249 |
|
|
3 |
1,325 |
1,080 |
2,405 |
Murray |
1,114 |
180 |
9 |
79 |
11 |
945 |
16 |
18 |
2 |
712 |
142 |
6 |
65 |
9 |
802 |
19 |
|
|
2,374 |
1,755 |
4,129 |
Northumberland |
6,391 |
1,228 |
111 |
901 |
139 |
3,384 |
82 |
33 |
45 |
5,108 |
1,070 |
79 |
866 |
105 |
3,524 |
50 |
1 |
35 |
12,314 |
10,838 |
23,152 |
Phillip |
339 |
42 |
|
29 |
4 |
194 |
|
21 |
3 |
204 |
32 |
|
24 |
1 |
155 |
|
|
3 |
632 |
419 |
1,051 |
Roxburgh |
1,952 |
345 |
7 |
172 |
20 |
955 |
10 |
17 |
9 |
1,071 |
224 |
4 |
144 |
5 |
751 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3,487 |
2,208 |
5,695 |
St. Vincent |
1,401 |
501 |
19 |
91 |
43 |
1,019 |
14 |
13 |
14 |
881 |
420 |
16 |
104 |
21 |
896 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3,115 |
2,347 |
5,462 |
Wellington |
2,230 |
358 |
20 |
117 |
40 |
1,122 |
14 |
263 |
14 |
982 |
201 |
11 |
101 |
20 |
741 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
4,178 |
2,068 |
6,246 |
Westmoreland |
426 |
85 |
|
138 |
33 |
529 |
|
2 |
|
207 |
71 |
|
125 |
8 |
471 |
|
|
|
1,213 |
882 |
2,095 |
Total of the 20 Counties |
60,697 |
11,772 |
1,324 |
7,396 |
1,787 |
31,514 |
775 |
844 |
592 |
47,713 |
10,291 |
1,378 |
7,193 |
1,406 |
32,836 |
574 |
33 |
395 |
116,701 |
101,819 |
218,520 |
Stanley (the reputed County) |
2,486 |
672 |
129 |
297 |
207 |
1,534 |
1 |
73 |
15 |
1,694 |
574 |
135 |
286 |
141 |
1,626 |
|
2 |
3 |
5,414 |
4,461 |
9,875 |
Total within the Settled Districts |
63,183 |
72,444 |
1,453 |
7,698 |
1,994 |
33,048 |
776 |
917 |
607 |
49,407 |
10,865 |
1,513 |
7,479 |
1,547 |
34,462 |
574 |
35 |
398 |
122,115 |
106,280 |
228,395 |
Albert |
65 |
37 |
|
3 |
|
15 |
|
1 |
|
18 |
17 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
121 |
39 |
160 |
Bligh |
535 |
102 |
|
7 |
14 |
256 |
2 |
27 |
|
200 |
74 |
|
5 |
7 |
124 |
|
|
|
943 |
410 |
1,353 |
Burnett |
420 |
98 |
7 |
3 |
103 |
227 |
3 |
167 |
|
130 |
41 |
1 |
|
14 |
95 |
|
|
|
1,028 |
281 |
1,309 |
Clarence |
837 |
182 |
9 |
35 |
38 |
315 |
|
22 |
12 |
511 |
105 |
2 |
20 |
28 |
239 |
|
|
4 |
1,450 |
909 |
2,359 |
Darling Downs |
1,333 |
327 |
18 |
25 |
96 |
616 |
|
219 |
3 |
626 |
202 |
5 |
27 |
42 |
438 |
|
|
|
2,637 |
1,340 |
3,977 |
Gwydir |
477 |
53 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
147 |
2 |
56 |
2 |
177 |
24 |
|
3 |
5 |
52 |
|
|
|
750 |
261 |
1,011 |
Lachlan |
957 |
192 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
811 |
7 |
38 |
4 |
414 |
78 |
|
4 |
|
594 |
|
6 |
1 |
2,022 |
1,097 |
3,119 |
Leichhardt |
116 |
33 |
|
|
31 |
62 |
|
22 |
|
40 |
12 |
|
|
1 |
11 |
|
|
|
264 |
64 |
328 |
Liverpool Plains |
1,368 |
237 |
|
12 |
47 |
504 |
13 |
104 |
7 |
554 |
149 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
292 |
7 |
1 |
|
2,292 |
1,021 |
3,313 |
Lower Darling |
129 |
34 |
|
3 |
3 |
50 |
|
|
4 |
22 |
13 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
223 |
56 |
279 |
Macleay |
253 |
25 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
62 |
1 |
|
3 |
194 |
22 |
2 |
16 |
|
68 |
|
|
|
355 |
302 |
657 |
Maranoa |
59 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
21 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
88 |
22 |
110 |
Monaroo |
1,323 |
374 |
1 |
39 |
32 |
1,080 |
20 |
7 |
8 |
856 |
268 |
5 |
36 |
28 |
887 |
17 |
|
1 |
2,884 |
2,098 |
4,982 |
Moreton |
210 |
29 |
|
1 |
14 |
80 |
|
40 |
|
64 |
15 |
|
1 |
3 |
70 |
|
|
|
374 |
153 |
527 |
Morumbidgee |
2,505 |
405 |
16 |
45 |
33 |
1,220 |
6 |
43 |
18 |
1,069 |
217 |
6 |
30 |
10 |
712 |
|
2 |
|
4,291 |
2,016 |
6,307 |
New England |
1,812 |
544 |
9 |
28 |
78 |
889 |
5 |
157 |
3 |
974 |
380 |
11 |
30 |
20 |
566 |
1 |
1 |
|
3,525 |
1,983 |
5,508 |
Wellington |
557 |
73 |
|
14 |
6 |
373 |
|
17 |
|
238 |
83 |
|
3 |
|
225 |
|
|
|
1,040 |
499 |
1,539 |
Wide Bay |
236 |
56 |
1 |
7 |
20 |
111 |
|
42 |
11 |
109 |
20 |
|
3 |
3 |
50 |
|
|
|
484 |
185 |
669 |
Port Curtis |
110 |
20 |
1 |
|
19 |
40 |
|
10 |
5 |
47 |
1 |
|
2 |
3 |
20 |
|
3 |
6 |
205 |
82 |
287 |
Total in the Squatting Districts |
13,302 |
2,823 |
70 |
243 |
545 |
6,879 |
59 |
975 |
80 |
6,220 |
1,671 |
33 |
189 |
175 |
4,480 |
25 |
13 |
12 |
24,976 |
12,818 |
37,794 |
TOTAL IN THE COLONY |
76,485 |
15,267 |
1,523 |
7,936 |
2,539 |
39,927 |
835 |
1,892 |
687 |
55,627 |
12,536 |
1,546 |
7,668 |
1,722 |
38,942 |
599 |
48 |
410 |
147,091 |
119,098 |
266,189 |