Religion and Conjugal Condition.,TABLE IX.—Showing the Number and proportion per cent. of Persons, Married, never Married, Widowed, and Divorced, belonging to the principal Religious Denominations, according to the Returns of the Census taken on 31st March, 1901.
Denominations. |
Total Population. |
Numerical (specified). |
Centesimal (specified). |
Per cent. Married to Persons 15 years and over. |
Total specified. |
Married. |
Not Married. |
Widowed. |
Divorced. |
Total specified. |
Married. |
Not Married. |
Widowed. |
Divorced. |
Total |
172,475 |
172,044 |
51,267 |
113,488 |
7,232 |
57 |
100.00 |
29.80 |
65.97 |
4.20 |
0.03 |
47.28 |
Total (specified as regards religion) |
171,995 |
171,646 |
51,212 |
113,155 |
7,223 |
56 |
100.00 |
29.84 |
65.93 |
4.20 |
0.03 |
47.42 |
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Baptists |
4,330 |
4,326 |
1,308 |
2,845 |
172 |
1 |
|
30.24 |
65.77 |
3.97 |
0.02 |
49.77 |
Christian Brethren, &c. |
1,767 |
1,767 |
581 |
1,108 |
78 |
|
|
32.88 |
62.70 |
4.40 |
|
54.71 |
Church of England |
86,436 |
86,228 |
25,976 |
56,659 |
3,569 |
24 |
|
30.14 |
65.70 |
4.14 |
0.02 |
47.85 |
Church of Rome |
30,324 |
30,232 |
8,164 |
20,529 |
1,526 |
13 |
|
30.47 |
65.45 |
4.05 |
0.03 |
43.01 |
Independents |
5,544 |
5,540 |
1,765 |
3,540 |
234 |
1 |
|
31.86 |
63.91 |
4.23 |
|
48.84 |
Lutherans |
387 |
384 |
194 |
157 |
33 |
|
|
50.54 |
40.88 |
8.58 |
|
53.44 |
Methodists |
24,961 |
24,947 |
7,473 |
16,697 |
772 |
5 |
|
29.97 |
66.91 |
3.09 |
0.03 |
50.22 |
Presbyterians |
11,523 |
11,503 |
3,691 |
7,201 |
606 |
5 |
|
32.08 |
62.61 |
5.27 |
0.04 |
48.02 |
Other Protestant Denominations |
2,338 |
2,337 |
708 |
1,534 |
95 |
|
|
30.30 |
65.64 |
4.06 |
|
49.07 |
Total Christian Denominations |
167,610 |
167,264 |
49,860 |
110,270 |
7,085 |
49 |
|
29.82 |
65.92 |
4.23 |
0.03 |
47.50 |
NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. |
353 |
351 |
19 |
331 |
1 |
|
|
5.41 |
94.30 |
0.29 |
|
5.75 |
Mahometans and other Non-Christian Sects |
206 |
206 |
69 |
123 |
13 |
1 |
|
33.49 |
59.72 |
6.31 |
0.48 |
47.59 |
RESIDUE |
3,826 |
3,825 |
1,264 |
2,431 |
124 |
6 |
|
33.05 |
63.56 |
3.24 |
0.15 |
48.84 |
UNSPECIFIED (as regards Denomination) |
480 |
398 |
55 |
333 |
9 |
1 |
|
13.82 |
83.67 |
2.26 |
0.25 |
12.22 |