CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 35., RELIGION.—Return showing the Number of Persons of different Religious Persuasions in the Urban and Rural Parts of the Colony, at the Census of 1881.

Persuasions.	Sydney and Suburbs.			Towns and Villages of 100 Inhabitants and over.			Total Urban.			Total Rural.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
All Religious Persuasions	220,984	110,769	110,215	212,407	115,034	97,373	433,391	225,803	207,588	314,850	182,187	132,663
Protestants—
Church of England	103,429	51,907	51,522	95,560	51,646	43,914	198,989	103,553	95,436	141,784	81,943	59,841
Lutherans	1,101	830	271	1,432	1,015	417	2,533	1,845	688	2,183	1,608	575
Presbyterians	17,432	9,016	8,416	22,104	11,959	10,145	39,536	20,975	18,561	32,762	18,943	13,819
Wesleyan Methodists	14,548	6,994	7,554	17,158	8,548	8,610	31,706	15,542	16,164	25,269	13,541	11,728
Other Methodists	1,740	903	837	2,314	1,190	1,124	4,054	2,093	1,961	3,234	1,702	1,532
Congregationalists	9,276	4,446	4,830	2,037	1,033	1,004	11,313	5,479	5,834	3,005	1,637	1,368
Baptists	2,876	1,404	1,472	1,783	935	848	4,659	2,339	2,320	2,625	1,471	1,154
Unitarians	503	328	175	126	98	28	629	426	203	195	156	39
Other Protestants	3,689	1,961	1,728	2,489	1,473	1,016	6,178	3,434	2,744	3,721	2,334	1,387
Total Protestants	154,594	77,789	76,805	145,003	77,897	67,106	299,597	155,686	143,911	214,778	123,335	91,443
Catholics—
Roman Catholics	56,527	26,560	29,967	60,548	31,404	29,144	117,075	57,964	59,111	89,444	49,743	39,701
Catholics undescribed	298	130	168	107	70	37	405	200	205	164	113	51
Total Catholics	56,825	26,690	30,135	60,655	31,474	29,181	117,480	58,164	59,316	89,608	49,856	39,752
Hebrews	2,480	1,343	1,137	314	199	115	2,794	1,542	1,252	471	315	156
Other Persuasions	584	331	253	143	91	52	727	422	305	213	143	70
Unspecified Persuasions	5,481	3,628	1,853	3,089	2,182	907	8,570	5,810	2,760	4,683	3,457	1,226
Pagans	1,020	988	32	3,203	3,191	12	4,223	4,179	44	5,097	5,081	16