SUMMARY OF MINING DISTRICTS., TABLE XI.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males and Females, living on the Gold Fields within each Mining District.
| Religious Denominations. |
Total of Mining Districts. |
Ararat. |
Ballaarat. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Church of England and Episcopalian Protestants |
83,978 |
54,493 |
29,485 |
4,070 |
2,721 |
1,349 |
21,202 |
12,922 |
8,280 |
| Free Church of England |
46 |
32 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
|
8 |
6 |
2 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
2,827 |
2,123 |
704 |
126 |
100 |
26 |
381 |
259 |
122 |
| Presbyterian Churches : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
1,675 |
912 |
763 |
116 |
65 |
51 |
1,072 |
562 |
510 |
| Church of Scotland |
12,969 |
8,489 |
4,480 |
677 |
429 |
248 |
3,471 |
2,125 |
1,346 |
| Free Church of Scotland and Free Presbyterians |
7,185 |
4,532 |
2,653 |
335 |
230 |
105 |
2,263 |
1,233 |
1,030 |
| United Presbyterian Church |
6,557 |
4,147 |
2,410 |
372 |
252 |
120 |
2,172 |
1,287 |
885 |
| Other Presbyterian Churches |
130 |
96 |
34 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
26 |
19 |
7 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
2,762 |
1,837 |
925 |
68 |
42 |
26 |
754 |
424 |
330 |
| Wesleyan Methodists : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyans, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists |
20,375 |
11,810 |
8,565 |
742 |
462 |
280 |
7,868 |
4,409 |
3,459 |
| Primitive Methodists |
2,236 |
1,317 |
919 |
80 |
50 |
30 |
729 |
426 |
303 |
| Wesleyan Methodist Association |
276 |
158 |
118 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
207 |
115 |
92 |
| Bible Christians |
327 |
184 |
143 |
|
|
|
75 |
44 |
31 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists |
40 |
32 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
| Independents or Congregationalists |
4,353 |
2,682 |
1,671 |
161 |
111 |
50 |
1,031 |
609 |
422 |
| Baptists |
3,086 |
1,896 |
1,190 |
144 |
88 |
56 |
1,011 |
559 |
452 |
| Lutherans and German Protestants |
5,856 |
4,792 |
1,064 |
212 |
173 |
39 |
1,035 |
796 |
239 |
| Unitarians |
582 |
437 |
145 |
46 |
32 |
14 |
161 |
113 |
48 |
| Society of Friends |
105 |
84 |
21 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
26 |
18 |
8 |
| Calvinists and Calvinistic Methodists |
434 |
334 |
100 |
41 |
32 |
9 |
87 |
67 |
20 |
| Other Persuasions |
450 |
344 |
106 |
22 |
17 |
5 |
133 |
109 |
24 |
| Roman Catholics |
38,667 |
23,094 |
15,573 |
1,566 |
937 |
629 |
9,245 |
4,972 |
4,273 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
1,007 |
597 |
410 |
20 |
7 |
13 |
120 |
55 |
65 |
| Greek Church |
208 |
199 |
9 |
|
|
|
12 |
12 |
|
| Israelites and Christian Israelites |
117 |
69 |
48 |
|
|
|
87 |
47 |
40 |
| Latter-day Saints or Mormons |
77 |
63 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
|
10 |
9 |
1 |
| Jews |
867 |
608 |
259 |
38 |
25 |
13 |
287 |
189 |
98 |
| Unsectarian, No Denomination, Secularists, &c. |
463 |
395 |
68 |
22 |
20 |
2 |
100 |
78 |
22 |
| No Religion |
300 |
270 |
30 |
14 |
14 |
|
87 |
68 |
19 |
| Mahomedans |
124 |
122 |
2 |
|
|
|
25 |
23 |
2 |
| Pagans (exclusive of Chinese) |
326 |
246 |
80 |
42 |
9 |
33 |
14 |
12 |
2 |
| Chinese (not Christians) |
23,489 |
23,483 |
6 |
1,288 |
1,288 |
|
5,907 |
5,907 |
|
| Unspecified (Adults) |
1,145 |
1,040 |
105 |
26 |
20 |
6 |
327 |
294 |
33 |
| Unspecified (Children) |
158 |
98 |
60 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
46 |
28 |
18 |
| Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples |
4,984 |
3,677 |
1,307 |
209 |
167 |
42 |
1,229 |
859 |
370 |
| Total |
228,181 |
154,692 |
73,489 |
10,481 |
7,321 |
3,160 |
61,219 |
38,664 |
22,555 |