RELIGION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION in the several TOWNS and VILLAGES, at the 1st March 1856, classified with reference to RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION.
TOWN. MALES. FEMALES. TOTAL.
Church of England. Presbyterians. Congragationalists. Wesleyans. Other Protestants. Roman Catholics. Hebrews. Mahomedans & Pagans. Other Persuasions. Church of England. Presbyterians. Congregationalists. Wesleyans. Other Protestants. Roman Catholics. Hebrews. Mahomedans & Pagans. Other Persuasions. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS.
Aberdeen 24 5 6 22 9 5 35 36 71
Albury 202 46 3 3 1 146 2 97 44 2 99 403 242 645
Appin 30 3 41 15 4 46 74 65 139
Armidale 212 59 14 156 4 16 175 50 3 137 1 491 266 857
Bathurst 739 165 3 231 16 550 13 23 9 491 159 7 225 15 593 5 5 1,749 1,500 3,249
Berrima 71 8 2 14 6 56 7 3 19 2 101 87 188
Binalong 55 3 1 63 22 2 1 52 122 77 199
Bombala 78 19 1 3 73 4 63 16 1 56 5 178 141 319
Braidwood 139 28 15 86 4 4 104 25 14 87 1 276 231 507
Brisbane 666 233 30 64 76 415 1 10 9 616 204 33 72 48 501 2 1,504 1,476 2,980
Brisbane Suburbs 326 77 26 57 41 184 10 2 253 71 32 74 42 218 2 723 692 1,415
Bungendore 25 4 50 2 14 2 56 1 81 73 154
Bungonia 18 43 17 1 29 81 47 108
Camden 123 9 7 48 5 34 115 7 7 54 6 43 226 232 458
Campbelltown 142 14 5 127 153 16 5 164 1 288 339 627
Carcoar 86 36 6 3 59 13 4 43 33 5 6 67 3 207 157 364
Clarence Town 62 25 1 6 6 48 1 52 30 5 8 51 149 146 295
Cooma 67 1 1 20 6 43 2 4 21 1 95 71 166
Dalby 20 15 1 3 11 5 14 17 1 22 55 54 109
Dalkeith 23 12 2 15 15 5 2 8 52 30 82
Deniliquin 59 12 1 1 31 23 9 2 17 104 51 155
Drayton 74 17 9 3 11 28 22 42 12 6 3 36 164 99 263
Dungog 108 13 2 10 45 1 95 22 8 1 51 179 177 356
Eden 77 27 7 5 19 3 3 46 14 4 3 21 6 141 94 235
Emu 44 4 6 10 42 1 6 12 64 61 125
Gayndah 50 7 3 8 14 1 19 29 5 1 4 11 102 50 152
Geringong 16 2 17 1 12 2 17 1 36 32 68
Gladstone 90 9 8 30 10 5 38 1 1 3 20 3 6 152 72 224
Gosford, E. 68 4 11 45 4 23 83 72 155
Gosford, W. 28 3 1 25 34 2 24 57 60 117
Goulburn 393 107 5 91 9 241 46 2 1 321 95 13 97 5 308 45 895 884 1,779
Grafton 225 30 5 16 7 83 1 184 19 1 8 7 69 367 288 655
Gunning 32 6 30 1 23 1 13 19 69 56 125
Gundagal, N. 70 5 55 5 1 38 5 1 51 136 95 231
Gundagal, S. 41 2 3 23 2 23 1 3 18 71 45 116
Hartley 32 2 1 33 22 1 37 68 60 128
Haydon Town 46 22 24 7 35 20 23 99 78 177
Hexham 50 9 1 17 1 24 3 4 13 78 44 122
Hinton 107 27 1 6 16 54 1 111 26 7 12 50 212 206 418
Ipswich 612 153 34 28 22 468 28 2 373 145 36 24 24 510 1,347 1,112 2,450
Jugiong 10 5 44 2 10 3 23 1 61 37 98
Kelso 131 3 8 49 1 89 3 15 44 192 151 343
Kempsey 42 6 6 1 34 5 18 55 57 112
Kiama 134 36 23 9 22 1 2 149 54 13 11 33 5 3 227 268 495
Liverpool 201 19 31 1 65 1 177 19 1 33 1 78 318 300 627
Macquarie (Port) 150 36 2 9 7 33 3 142 40 4 10 6 52 241 254 495
Maitland, E. 466 79 10 58 3 213 1 7 12 390 95 10 52 8 236 1 14 849 806 1,655
Maitland, W. 1,132 214 43 189 17 583 62 8 4 975 209 32 205 12 718 38 2,252 2,189 4,441
Maryborough 140 19 6 3 55 17 74 7 3 29 240 113 353
Merriwa 68 6 4 34 1 47 8 37 113 92 205
Morpeth 341 88 2 81 4 241 3 2 260 72 83 3 287 1 1 765 707 1,472
Moruya 27 14 1 39 24 12 31 81 67 148
Mudgee 231 38 9 30 4 136 2 7 4 152 34 8 42 15 90 1 461 342 803
Murrurundi 29 29 1 6 3 2 23 23 12 5 70 63 133
Muswellbrook 178 22 1 37 1 2 143 25 4 37 241 209 450
Narrellan 55 8 1 3 48 2 3 67 53 120
Newcastle 452 99 27 76 15 123 9 4 4 300 35 14 79 5 158 2 2 800 595 1,404
Orange 64 12 12 45 1 44 14 8 36 134 102 236
Panbula 43 7 1 45 1 42 8 1 55 97 106 203
Parramatta 1,711 236 11 248 38 557 4 17 2 1,446 198 12 249 30 667 3 2,824 2,605 5,429
Paterson 103 24 1 24 4 97 31 22 3 156 153 309
Penrith 171 23 8 1 43 1 5 143 39 9 66 8 252 265 517
Picton 33 9 1 5 16 36 6 2 22 1 64 67 131
Picton Upper 32 4 1 11 1 24 2 4 16 49 46 95
Pitt Town 66 12 1 2 11 1 65 16 2 7 93 90 183
Queanbeyan 141 8 8 109 3 99 6 3 122 5 269 235 504
Raymond Terrace 121 23 5 39 3 74 1 128 41 2 47 2 62 269 282 551
Richmond 297 59 45 4 45 2 283 43 45 1 56 452 428 880
St. Alban's 23 23 26 19 46 45 91
St. Aubin's 36 9 1 3 1 20 23 6 3 12 70 44 114
St. Mary's 79 2 1 31 66 2 17 113 85 198
Scone 75 25 2 25 1 66 22 2 26 128 116 244
Singleton 186 35 2 18 1 108 4 1 1 196 30 23 129 4 1 356 383 739
Sofala 188 35 4 1 88 4 3 2 103 22 2 71 4 1 325 203 528
Stockton 50 13 6 1 38 12 10 70 60 130
Stroud 126 13 1 6 1 27 16 137 7 3 4 27 190 178 368
Tamworth 146 26 1 5 59 9 1 111 29 5 49 7 247 201 448
Tenterfield 50 1 19 10 32 2 19 80 53 133
Tinonee 24 10 1 6 1 12 7 4 9 42 32 74
Tumut 75 11 9 2 54 2 43 5 5 50 153 103 256
Wagga Wagga, N. 37 13 7 3 25 6 10 60 41 101
Wagga Wagga, S. 103 10 38 1 55 3 1 24 152 83 235
Warwick 125 40 2 3 17 63 19 90 34 2 2 13 62 269 203 472
Warialda 24 5 7 1 19 4 5 37 28 65
Wellingrove 28 6 12 10 13 2 46 25 71
Wellington 55 3 61 1 7 41 60 127 101 228
Windsor 514 61 6 160 157 5 3 1 475 48 4 178 1 167 1 907 874 1,781
Wingham 9 5 9 7 1 14 17 31
Wollombi 39 5 10 2 29 43 7 8 33 85 91 176
Wollongong 195 40 19 64 7 94 1 2 5 164 31 33 53 5 150 1 427 437 864
Yass 171 22 5 19 3 121 11 4 1 117 17 3 14 3 136 13 357 303 660
Total in Country Towns 14,290 2,737 291 1,817 413 7,107 240 316 85 11,285 2,446 265 1,870 324 7,690 161 7 47 27,296 24,095 51,391
Total in Sydney & Suburbs 17,585 3,324 867 1,905 891 8,468 507 120 264 16,439 3,201 960 1,993 709 11,357 403 21 159 33,931 35,242 69,173
Total Urban Population 31,875 6,061 1,158 3,722 1,304 15,575 747 436 349 27,724 5,647 1,225 3,863 1,033 19,047 564 28 206 61,227 59,337 120,564
Total Rural & Pastoral parts 44,610 9,206 365 4,214 1,235 24,352 88 1,456 338 27,903 6,889 321 3,805 689 19,895 35 20 204 85,864 59,761 145,625
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