CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—RELIGIONS., TABLE I.—The Number and proportion per cent. of persons belonging to each principal Religion, at the date of each Census, from 1871 to 1901 (exclusive of Aborigines).
| RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION. |
NUMBER. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. |
| 1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
| PROTESTANTS— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of England |
229,243 |
342,359 |
503,054 |
623,131 |
46.04 |
46.41 |
45.32 |
46.58 |
| Methodist |
39,566 |
64,352 |
112,448 |
137,638 |
7.94 |
8.72 |
10.13 |
10.29 |
| Presbyterian |
49,122 |
72,545 |
109,390 |
132,617 |
9.86 |
9.83 |
9.86 |
9.91 |
| Congregationalist |
9,253 |
14,328 |
24,090 |
24,834 |
1.86 |
1.94 |
2.17 |
1.86 |
| Baptist |
4,151 |
7,307 |
13,112 |
16,618 |
0.83 |
0.99 |
1.18 |
1.24 |
| Lutheran |
|
4,836 |
7,950 |
7,387 |
|
0.66 |
0.72 |
0.55 |
| Unitarian |
849 |
828 |
1,329 |
770 |
0.19 |
0.11 |
0.12 |
0.06 |
| Salvation Army |
|
|
10,315 |
9,585 |
|
|
0.93 |
0.72 |
| Other Protestants |
7,208 |
9,957 |
9,658 |
13,074 |
1.44 |
1.35 |
0.87 |
0.97 |
| Total, Protestants |
339,392 |
516,512 |
791,346 |
965,654 |
68.16 |
70.01 |
71.30 |
72.18 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC |
147,627 |
207,606 |
286,911 |
347,286 |
29.64 |
28.14 |
25.85 |
25.96 |
| GREEK CHURCH |
|
|
253 |
561 |
|
|
0.02 |
0.04 |
| OTHERS— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jew, Hebrew |
2,395 |
3,266 |
5,484 |
6,447 |
0.48 |
0.44 |
0.49 |
0.48 |
| Buddhist, Confucian, Mahometan, &c. |
7,455 |
9,345 |
10,950 |
7,228 |
1.49 |
1.27 |
0.99 |
0.54 |
| Other Religious Denominations |
1,166 |
1,042 |
781 |
937 |
0.23 |
0.14 |
0.06 |
0.07 |
| Freethinkers, Agnostics, &c. |
|
|
6,134 |
3,434 |
|
|
0.56 |
0.26 |
| No denomination, No religion |
|
|
8,063 |
6,265 |
|
|
0.73 |
0.47 |
| Object to state religion |
5,946 |
13,697 |
11,237 |
13,068 |
|
|
|
|
| Unspecified |
|
|
2,795 |
3,966 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
503,981 |
751,468 |
1,123,954 |
1,354,846 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |