Table showing the Numbers and Proportion per cent. of Persons belonging to the principal Groups, and to each Religious Denomination in the State, according to the return of the Census taken on 31st March, 1901.
Denomination. Numbers. Per Cent. to Totals specified.
Total 172,475 102.00
Total specified 169,095 100.00
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.
Baptists 4,716 2.79
Christian Brethren, &c. 1,729 1.02
Church of England 83,812 49.58
Church of Rome 30,314 17.93
Independents 5,544 3.28
Lutherans 387 0.23
Methodists 24,961 14.76
Presbyterians 11,523 6.82
Salvation Army 1,454 0.86
Other Christian Denominations 3,170 1.86
Total Christian Denominations 167,610 99.13
Non-Christian Religions 559 0.33
Residue of Population 926 0.54
Unspecified 3,380 2.00
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.
Baptists—
General Baptist, Baptist Union of Tasmania 4,325 2.56
Particular Baptist 5
Seventh Day Baptist, Adventist 386 0.23
Christian Brethren, &c.—
Christian Disciple of Christ, Church of Christ 1,070 0.64
Christian Brethren, Plymouth Brethren
Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren
Gospel Brethren 645 0.38
Christian Israelites, First Day Christians 14
Church of England 83,812 49.58
Church of Rome 30,314 17.93
Independents, Congregationalists 5,544 3.28
Lutherans—
Lutherans, German Evangelical 240 0.14
Lutheran (not otherwise defined) 147 0.09
Methodists—
Wesleyan, Wesleyan Methodists 20,470 12.12
Primitive Methodist 3,213 1.90
United Methodist Free Church 282 0.16
Free Methodist 9
Methodists (not otherwise defined) 987 0.58
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Tasmania 4,229 2.51
Presbyterian Church of Australia 13
Presbyterian Church of Scotland 98 0.06
Free Presbyterian Church 7
Free Church of Scotland 855 0.51
Presbyterian (not otherwise defined) 6,321
Other Christian Denominations—
Bible Christians 38 0.01
Catholic Apostolic Church, Irvingites 38 0.01
Free Church of England 3
Greek Church, Russian Church 10
New Jerusalem 1
Protestant (not otherwise defined) 2,621 1.55
Salvation Army 1,454 0.86
Society of Friends, Quaker 179 0.11
Swiss Reformed Church 1
Unitarian 88 0.05
Welsh Church 2
Other unclassified Christian Sects 189 0.13
Non-Christian Religions—
Jews, Hebrews 107 0.06
Mahomedans 27 0.01
Buddhists, Confucians, and other Chinese Sects 353 0.25
Other unclassified Non-Christian Sects 72 0.01
Residue of Population—
No Denomination (stated as such) 515 0.30
No Religion (Agnostics, Deists, Infidels, &c.) 411 1.24
Object to State Religion 2,900 1.72
Unspecified 480 0.28