CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 32., RELIGION.—Return showing the Numbers of the People of different Religious Persuasions, at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881 respectively, and the Increase or Decrease of the same in the two decennial periods 1861-1871 and 1871-1881.
Persuasions. Population. Increase or Decrease in the Decennial Period 1861-1871. Increase or Decrease in the Decennial Period 1871-1881.
1861. 1871. 1881. Numerical. Centesimal. Centesimal Annual Average. Numerical. Centesimal. Centesimal Annual Average.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
All Persuasions 350,860 198,488 152,372 503,981 275,551 228,430 751,468 411,149 340,319 153,121 77,063 76,058 43.64 38.82 49.91 4.36 3.88 4.99 247,487 135,598 111,889 49.10 49.20 48.98 4.91 4.92 4.89
PROTESTANTS.
Church of England 159,958 91,212 68,746 229,243 126,827 102,416 342,359 187,055 155,304 69,285 35,615 32,670 43.31 39.05 48.98 4.33 3.90 4.90 113,116 60,228 52,888 49.34 47.49 51.64 4.93 4.75 5.16
Lutherans 4,836 3,573 1,263 4,836 3,573 1,263
Presbyterians 34,692 19,187 15,505 49,122 26,941 22,181 72,545 40,162 32,383 14,430 7,754 6,676 41.59 40.41 43.06 4.16 4.04 4.31 23,423 13,221 10,202 47.68 49.07 45.99 4.77 4.91 4.60
Wesleyan Methodists 23,682 11,962 11,720 36,275 18,419 17,856 57,049 29,155 27,894 15,884 8,199 7,685 67.07 68.54 65.57 6.70 6.85 6.56 20,774 10,736 10,038 57.26 58.29 56.21 5.73 5.83 5.62
Other Methodists 3,291 1,742 1,549 7,303 3,810 3,493 4,012 2,068 1,944 121.90 118.71 126.15 12.19 11.87 12.62
Congregationalists 5,411 2,814 2,597 9,253 4,620 4,633 14,328 7,126 7,202 3,842 1,806 2,036 71.00 64.18 78.39 7.10 6.42 7.84 5,075 2,506 2,569 54.84 54.24 55.45 5.48 5.42 5.55
Baptists 9,863 5,947 3,916 4,151 2,171 1,980 7,307 3,833 3,474 2,345 1,560 785 23.78 26.23 20.05 2.38 2.02 2.01 3,156 1,662 1,494 76.03 76.55 75.45 7.60 7.66 7.55
Unitarians 849 569 280 828 586 242 21 17 38 2.47 2.98 13.57 0.25 0.30 1.36
decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease
Other Protestants 7,208 4,767 2,441 9,957 5,825 4,132 2,749 1,058 1,691 38.13 22.19 69.27 3.81 2.22 6.93
Total Protestants 233,606 131,122 102,484 339,392 186,056 153,336 516,512 281,125 235,387 105,786 54,934 50,852 45.28 41.89 49.62 4.53 4.19 4.96 177,120 95,069 82,051 52.18 51.09 53.51 5.22 5.11 5.35
CATHOLICS.
Roman Catholics 99,193 51,095 48,098 145,932 75,347 70,585 207,020 108,203 98,817 46,739 24,252 22,487 47.12 47.46 46.75 4.71 4.75 4.68 61,088 32,856 28,232 41.86 43.60 39.99 4.19 4.36 4.00
Catholics undescribed 1,695 912 783 586 330 256 1,695 912 783 1,109 582 527 65.42 63.81 67.30 6.54 6.38 6.73
Total Catholics decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease
Total Catholics 99,193 51,095 48,098 147,627 76,259 71,368 207,606 108,533 90,073 48,434 25,164 23,270 48.83 49.25 48.38 4.88 4.92 4.84 59,979 32,274 27,705 40.62 42.32 38.34 4.06 4.23 3.83
Hebrews 1,759 1,072 687 2,395 1,370 1,025 3,266 1,858 1,408 638 208 338 36.15 27.89 49.19 3.61 2.78 4.92 871 488 383 36.36 35.62 37.36 3.64 3.56 3.74
Other Persuasions 3,393 2,418 975 1,166 685 481 1,042 662 380 3,719 2,162 1,557 109.61 89.41 159.69 10.96 8.94 15.97 124 23 101 10.63 3.36 21.00 1.06 0.34 2.10
decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease
Unspecified Persuasions 5,946 3,895 2,051 13,697 9,686 4,011 7,751 5,791 1,960 130.35 148.67 95.56 13.04 14.87 9.56
Pagans 12,909 12,781 128 7,455 7,286 169 9,345 9,285 60 5,454 5,495 41 42.25 42.99 32.03 4.23 4.30 3.20 1,890 1,999 109 25.35 27.43 64.49 2.54 2.47 6.45
decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease decrease