TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS (MALE and FEMALE) of various RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS in the STATE at the CENSUS of 1901 (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| Church of England |
106,987 |
53,794 |
53,193 |
| Roman Catholic |
52,193 |
26,184 |
26,009 |
| Presbyterian |
18,357 |
9,444 |
8,913 |
| Methodist |
90,125 |
44,254 |
45,871 |
| Baptist |
21,764 |
10,072 |
11,692 |
| Congregationalist |
13,338 |
6,195 |
7,143 |
| Lutheran |
26,140 |
13,915 |
12,225 |
| Church of Christ, Christian |
6,103 |
2,714 |
3,389 |
| Christian Brethren, Plymouth Brethren |
343 |
174 |
169 |
| Unitarian |
621 |
326 |
295 |
| Society of Friends |
79 |
45 |
34 |
| Salvation Army |
4,030 |
1,902 |
2,128 |
| Moravian |
231 |
122 |
109 |
| Christadelphian |
229 |
110 |
119 |
| New Church, Swedenborgian |
167 |
76 |
91 |
| Welsh Church |
17 |
11 |
6 |
| Greek Church, Russian Church |
103 |
69 |
34 |
| Protestant (not otherwise defined) |
3,073 |
1,739 |
1,334 |
| Other unclassified Christian sects (a) |
267 |
121 |
146 |
| Jews |
786 |
406 |
380 |
| Mohammedan |
449 |
434 |
15 |
| Confucian, Buddhist, &c. |
3,190 |
3,062 |
128 |
| Other unclassified non-Christian sects (b) |
184 |
128 |
56 |
| No Denomination or unspecified |
5,416 |
3,619 |
1,797 |
| No Religion, Freethinker, &c. (c) |
919 |
747 |
172 |
| Object to state |
7,493 |
4,759 |
2,734 |
| TOTAL |
362,604 |
184,422 |
178,182 |