NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS PER CENT. AT SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES.—(2)., TABLE IV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of different Religions, living in Victoria in 1854, 1857, and 1861, and the Proportions per Cent. of those belonging to each Sect to the respective Totals at each of those Periods.
| Religious Denominations. |
1854. |
1857. |
1861. |
| Numbers. |
Proportions per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per cent. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Church of England and Episcopalian Protestants |
99,978 |
|
|
42.22 |
|
|
157,819 |
99,409 |
58,410 |
38.42 |
37.61 |
39.89 |
205,695 |
123,503 |
82,192 |
38.07 |
37.57 |
38.83 |
| Free Church of England |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218 |
129 |
89 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
454 |
239 |
215 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.10 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
8,024 |
|
|
3.39 |
|
|
15,321 |
10,844 |
4,477 |
3.73 |
4.10 |
3.06 |
5,919 |
4,216 |
1,703 |
1.10 |
1.28 |
0.80 |
| Presbyterian Churches : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,052 |
2,732 |
2,320 |
0.94 |
0.83 |
1.09 |
| Church of Scotland |
16,924 |
|
|
7.15 |
|
|
27,828 |
17,347 |
10,481 |
6.77 |
6.56 |
7.16 |
36,917 |
22,016 |
14,901 |
6.83 |
6.70 |
7.04 |
| Free Church of Scotland and Free Presbyterians |
12,033 |
|
|
5.08 |
|
|
19,341 |
11,337 |
8,004 |
4.71 |
4.29 |
5.47 |
21,219 |
12,122 |
9,097 |
3.93 |
3.69 |
4.30 |
| United Presbyterians Church |
2,841 |
|
|
1.21 |
|
|
9,315 |
5,499 |
3,815 |
2.27 |
2.08 |
2.61 |
16,734 |
9,606 |
7,128 |
3.10 |
2.95 |
3.37 |
| Other Presbyterian Churches* |
276 |
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
253 |
154 |
99 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
346 |
230 |
116 |
0.06 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
10,243 |
|
|
4.32 |
|
|
8,443 |
5,568 |
2,875 |
2.06 |
2.11 |
1.96 |
6,835 |
4,278 |
2,557 |
1.26 |
1.30 |
1.21 |
| Wesleyan Methodists : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyans, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists |
13,989 |
|
|
5.91 |
|
|
24,740 |
14,399 |
10,341 |
6.02 |
5.45 |
7.06 |
40,799 |
22,401 |
18,398 |
7.55 |
6.81 |
8.69 |
| Primitive Methodists |
738 |
|
|
0.31 |
|
|
2,044 |
1,237 |
807 |
0.50 |
0.47 |
0.55 |
3,775 |
2,128 |
1,647 |
0.70 |
0.65 |
0.78 |
| Wesleyan Methodist Association |
557 |
|
|
0.24 |
|
|
791 |
431 |
360 |
0.19 |
0.16 |
0.25 |
1,146 |
575 |
571 |
0.21 |
0.17 |
0.27 |
| Bible Christians |
|
|
|
|
|
|
268 |
138 |
130 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
651 |
353 |
298 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.14 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
145 |
81 |
64 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
140 |
100 |
40 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
| Independents or Congregationalists |
7,709 |
|
|
3.26 |
|
|
10,732 |
6,253 |
4,479 |
2.61 |
2.37 |
3.06 |
12,777 |
7,069 |
5,708 |
2.37 |
2.15 |
2.70 |
| Baptists |
4,727 |
|
|
1.99 |
|
|
6,412 |
3,688 |
2,724 |
1.56 |
1.40 |
1.86 |
9,001 |
4,989 |
4,012 |
1.67 |
1.52 |
1.90 |
| Lutherans and German Protestants |
3,014 |
|
|
1.27 |
|
|
6,488 |
5,165 |
1,323 |
1.59 |
1.95 |
0.90 |
10,043 |
7,620 |
2,423 |
1.86 |
2.32 |
1.14 |
| Unitarians |
1,180 |
|
|
0.50 |
|
|
1,462 |
1,031 |
431 |
0.36 |
0.39 |
0.29 |
1,430 |
989 |
441 |
0.27 |
0.30 |
0.21 |