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