CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—EDUCATION., TABLE XII.—Showing the State of Education of all Children between 5 and 15 Years of Age of the various Religious Denominations.
| Religions. |
Able to read and write. |
Able to read only. |
Unable to read. |
Not stated. |
Totals. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| Church of England |
45,736 |
45,342 |
5,019 |
4,609 |
11,854 |
11,155 |
12 |
6 |
62,621 |
61,112 |
123,733 |
| Free Church of England |
11 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
|
12 |
14 |
26 |
| Protestant Episcopal Church of U.S., America |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
| (a) Roman Catholics |
23,745 |
23,999 |
3,187 |
2,857 |
6,663 |
6,415 |
7 |
2 |
33,602 |
33,273 |
66,875 |
| Greek Church, Russian Church |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Presbyterian Church of New South Wales |
9,387 |
9,209 |
1,022 |
963 |
2,042 |
1,979 |
3 |
2 |
12,454 |
12,153 |
24,607 |
| Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia |
207 |
211 |
27 |
15 |
35 |
33 |
|
|
269 |
259 |
528 |
| Free Presbyterian Church |
15 |
20 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
47 |
| Church of Scotland |
5 |
22 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
10 |
25 |
35 |
| United Presbyterians |
10 |
13 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
12 |
15 |
27 |
| Wesleyan Methodists |
9,096 |
9,063 |
880 |
800 |
1,952 |
1,887 |
1 |
|
11,929 |
11,750 |
23,679 |
| Primitive Methodists |
2,082 |
2,226 |
266 |
224 |
464 |
434 |
|
|
2,812 |
2,884 |
5,696 |
| United Methodist Free Church |
88 |
96 |
12 |
7 |
23 |
30 |
|
|
123 |
133 |
256 |
| Methodist New Connexion |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Other Methodists |
121 |
138 |
9 |
9 |
22 |
31 |
|
|
152 |
178 |
330 |
| General Baptists, Baptist Union of N.S.W. |
1,151 |
1,201 |
105 |
110 |
229 |
216 |
1 |
|
1,486 |
1,527 |
3,013 |
| Particular Baptists, Close Communist Baptists |
59 |
47 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
|
|
76 |
68 |
144 |
| Seventh Day Baptists, Adventists |
9 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
14 |
16 |
30 |
| Independents, Congregationalists |
2,371 |
2,417 |
166 |
144 |
453 |
391 |
|
|
2,990 |
2,952 |
5,942 |
| Nonconformists |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
| bLutherans, German Evangelical |
257 |
220 |
13 |
22 |
92 |
86 |
|
|
362 |
328 |
690 |
| Lutherans, Norwegian Evangelical |
16 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
19 |
8 |
27 |
| Lutherans (not otherwise defined) |
43 |
57 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
29 |
|
|
68 |
93 |
161 |
| Bible Christians |
194 |
208 |
28 |
30 |
54 |
51 |
|
|
276 |
289 |
565 |
| Christians, Disciple of Christ, Church of Christ |
220 |
219 |
34 |
18 |
42 |
45 |
|
|
296 |
282 |
578 |
| Christian Brethren, Plymouth Brethren |
100 |
119 |
9 |
11 |
14 |
23 |
|
|
123 |
153 |
276 |
| Christian Israelites, First-day Christians |
12 |
12 |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
16 |
13 |
29 |
| Moravians, United Bretbren |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
| New Church, New Jerusalem Church, Swedenborgian |
33 |
35 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
40 |
45 |
85 |
| Catholic Apostolic Church, Irvingites |
37 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
|
|
48 |
39 |
87 |
| Society of Friends, Quakers |
18 |
19 |
4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
23 |
19 |
42 |
| Unitarians, Unitarian Christian |
75 |
62 |
12 |
5 |
20 |
8 |
|
|
107 |
75 |
182 |
| Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists, Welsh Church |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
6 |
5 |
11 |
| Australian Church |
6 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
7 |
4 |
11 |
| Christadelphians |
70 |
53 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
20 |
|
|
86 |
81 |
167 |
| Salvation Army |
890 |
910 |
122 |
92 |
262 |
255 |
|
|
1,274 |
1,257 |
2,531 |
| Other Christian Sects |
16 |
26 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
27 |
33 |
60 |
| Christian unsectarian |
36 |
28 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
|
|
48 |
40 |
88 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
254 |
234 |
37 |
24 |
70 |
69 |
|
1 |
361 |
328 |
689 |
| cJews, Hebrews |
488 |
516 |
45 |
39 |
93 |
78 |
|
|
626 |
633 |
1,259 |
| Mormons, Latter-day Saints |
35 |
42 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
|
|
41 |
56 |
97 |
| Mahomedans |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
| Theosophists |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
5 |
8 |
| dConfucians, Buddhists (Chinese) |
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
6 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
18 |
| Hindoos, Brahmins |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Agnostics, Infidels, &c. |
24 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
29 |
22 |
51 |
| Freethinkers |
200 |
170 |
25 |
18 |
56 |
40 |
|
|
281 |
228 |
509 |
| Spiritualists |
23 |
26 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
27 |
35 |
62 |
| Deists, Theists |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Indefinite Religions |
15 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
19 |
14 |
33 |
| No Denomination |
181 |
177 |
20 |
8 |
57 |
56 |
|
|
258 |
241 |
499 |
| No Religion |
112 |
103 |
21 |
12 |
47 |
26 |
|
|
180 |
141 |
321 |
| Object to state Religion |
660 |
580 |
92 |
66 |
196 |
187 |
1 |
|
949 |
833 |
1,782 |
| Not stated, or ill-defined |
66 |
72 |
14 |
13 |
38 |
34 |
18 |
21 |
136 |
140 |
276 |
| TOTAL, AGED 5 AND UNDER 15 |
98,198 |
98,000 |
11,214 |
10,148 |
24,896 |
23,664 |
43 |
32 |
134,351 |
131,844 |
266195* |