TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing RELIGIONS of PERSONS at Date of the CENSUS of 1871 and of 1876, together with the INCREASE and DECREASE.
| Religious Denomination. |
1871. |
1876. |
Increase in Number. |
Decrease in Number. |
| Number. |
Per Cent. |
Number. |
Per Cent. |
| Church of England |
50,849 |
27.39 |
56,100 |
26.30 |
5,251 |
|
| Roman Catholics |
28,668 |
15.44 |
32,668 |
15.32 |
4,000 |
|
| Wesleyan Methodist |
27,075 |
14.59 |
36,040 |
16.90 |
8,965 |
|
| Lutheran |
15,412 |
8.30 |
17,129 |
803 |
1,717 |
|
| Presbyterian |
13,371 |
7.20 |
14,651 |
6.87 |
1,280 |
|
| Congregational or Independent |
7,969 |
4.29 |
8,726 |
4.09 |
757 |
|
| Bible Christian |
7,758 |
4.18 |
9,410 |
4.41 |
1,652 |
|
| Primitive Methodist |
8,207 |
4.42 |
9,712 |
4.55 |
1,505 |
|
| Baptist |
8,731 |
4.70 |
10,460 |
4.90 |
1,729 |
|
| Christian Brethren |
1,188 |
0.64 |
1,389 |
0.65 |
201 |
|
| Methodist New Connexion |
363 |
0.20 |
286 |
0.13 |
|
77 |
| Unitarian |
662 |
0.36 |
666 |
0.31 |
4 |
|
| Moravian |
210 |
0.11 |
154 |
0.07 |
|
56 |
| Society of Friends |
92 |
0.05 |
76 |
0.04 |
|
16 |
| New Jerusalem Church |
137 |
0.07 |
184 |
0.09 |
47 |
|
| Jews |
435 |
0.23 |
541 |
0.25 |
106 |
|
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
4,753 |
2.55 |
7,245 |
3.40 |
2,492 |
|
| Other Religions |
508 |
0.27 |
566 |
0.27 |
58 |
|
| Object |
5,436 |
2.92 |
5,106 |
2.40 |
|
330 |
| Not stated |
3,802 |
2.04 |
2,162 |
1.01 |
|
1,640 |
| Grand Total of South Australia |
185,626 |
|
213,271 |
|
27,645 |
|