TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing RELIGIONS of PERSONS at the Date of the CENSUS of 1876 and 1881, together with the INCREASE and DECREASE.
Religions Denomination. 1876. 1881. Increase in Number. Decrease in Number.
Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent.
Church of England 56,100 26.30 75,812 27.09 19,712
Roman Catholic 32,668 15.32 42,628 15.23 9,960
Wesleyan Methodist 36,040 16.90 42,103 15.04 6,063
Lutheran 17,129 8.03 19,617 7.01 2,488
Presbyterian 14,651 6.87 17,917 6.40 3,266
Congregational or Independent 8,726 4.09 9,908 3.54 1,182
Bible Christian 9,410 4.41 10,491 3.70 1,081
Primitive Methodist 9,712 4.55 10,275 3.71 563
Baptist 10,460 4.90 13,979 4.99 3,519
Christian Brethren 1,389 0.65 1,836 0.65 447
Methodist New Connexion 286 0.13 410 0.15 124
Unitarian 666 0.31 747 0.27 81
Moravian 154 0.07 186 0.07 32
Society of Friends 76 0.04 88 0.03 12
New Jerusalem Church 184 0.09 196 0.07 12
Jews 541 0.25 762 0.24 221
Protestants (not otherwise described) 7,245 3.40 13,257 4.74 6,012
Other Religions 566 0.27 5,411 1.93 4,845
Object 5,106 2.40 7,453 2.66 2,347
Not stated 2,162 1.01 6,789 2.40 4,627
Grand Total of South Australia 213,271 279,865 66,594