NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS PER CENT. AT SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES.—(1)., TABLE III.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons of different Religions at the successive Census Periods.
| Principal Sects. |
Persons. |
| 1841. |
1846. |
1851. |
1854. |
1857. |
1861. |
| Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per cent. |
| Church of England and Protestants, not otherwise defined |
6,190 |
52.77 |
14,921 |
45.39 |
37,433 |
48.42 |
108,002 |
45.63 |
175,418 |
42.72 |
212,068 |
39.25 |
| Church of Scotland, Presbyterians, &c. |
2,044 |
17.42 |
5,856 |
17.81 |
11,608 |
15.00 |
42,317 |
17.88 |
65,935 |
16.06 |
87,103 |
16.13 |
| Wesleyan Methodists, &c. |
650 |
5.55 |
1,597 |
4.86 |
4,988 |
6.45 |
15,284 |
6.45 |
28,305 |
6.88 |
46,511 |
8.60 |
| Other Protestants |
346 |
2.95 |
1,169 |
3.55 |
4,313 |
5.57 |
18,234 |
7.69 |
27,521 |
6.69 |
33,431 |
6.55 |
| Roman Catholics |
2,441 |
20.81 |
9,075 |
27.61 |
18,014 |
23.29 |
45,111 |
19.04 |
77,351 |
18.83 |
109,829 |
20.32 |
| Jews |
57 |
0.49 |
117 |
0.35 |
364 |
0.46 |
1,547 |
0.65 |
2,208 |
0.54 |
2,903 |
0.54 |
| Residue of Population |
10 |
0.01 |
144 |
0.43 |
625 |
0.81 |
6,303 |
2.66 |
34,028 |
8.28 |
46,477 |
8.61 |
| Total |
11,738 |
100.00 |
32,879 |
100.00 |
77,345 |
100.00 |
236,798 |
100.00 |
410,766 |
100.00 |
540,322 |
100.00 |