THE COLONY, MUNICIPALITES, MINING DISTRICTS., TABLE V.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of different Religions living in Victoria, in the Municipalities, and in the Mining Districts, and the Proportions per Cent. of those belonging to each Sect to the specified Totals.
| Religious Denominations. |
The Colony. |
Municipalities. |
Mining Districts. |
| 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 |
205,695 |
123,503 |
82,192 |
38.57 |
38.21 |
39.02 |
92,227 |
49,777 |
42,450 |
39.36 |
39.17 |
39.57 |
83,978 |
54,493 |
29,485 |
37.01 |
35.50 |
40.22 |
| Free Church of England |
454 |
239 |
215 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.10 |
395 |
196 |
199 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
0.18 |
46 |
32 |
14 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
5,919 |
4,216 |
1,703 |
1.10 |
1.30 |
0.81 |
1,845 |
1,135 |
710 |
0.80 |
0.89 |
0.66 |
2,827 |
2,123 |
704 |
1.24 |
1.38 |
0.96 |
| Presbyterian Churches : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
5,052 |
2,732 |
2,320 |
0.95 |
0.85 |
1.10 |
3,445 |
1,837 |
1,608 |
1.47 |
1.44 |
1.49 |
1,675 |
912 |
763 |
0.74 |
0.60 |
1.04 |
| Church of Scotland |
36,917 |
22,016 |
14,901 |
6.90 |
6.81 |
7.07 |
11,863 |
6,390 |
5,473 |
5.07 |
5.03 |
5.11 |
12,969 |
8,489 |
4,480 |
5.72 |
5.53 |
6.11 |
| Free Church of Scotland and Free Presbyterians |
21,219 |
12,122 |
9,097 |
3.97 |
3.75 |
4.31 |
8,290 |
4,231 |
4,059 |
3.54 |
3.33 |
3.79 |
7,185 |
4,532 |
2,653 |
3.16 |
2.95 |
3.62 |
| United Presbyterians Church |
16,734 |
9,606 |
7,128 |
3.13 |
2.97 |
3.39 |
7,771 |
4,052 |
3,719 |
3.31 |
3.19 |
3.48 |
6,557 |
4,147 |
2,410 |
2.88 |
2.70 |
3.28 |
| Other Presbyterian Churches* |
346 |
230 |
116 |
0.06 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
169 |
102 |
67 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.06 |
130 |
96 |
34 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.04 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
6,835 |
4,278 |
2,557 |
1.28 |
1.32 |
1.21 |
2,509 |
1,388 |
1,121 |
1.06 |
1.09 |
1.04 |
2,762 |
1,837 |
925 |
1.21 |
1.19 |
1.27 |
| Wesleyan Methodists : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyans, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists |
40,799 |
22,401 |
18,398 |
7.65 |
6.93 |
8.74 |
21,376 |
11,046 |
10,330 |
9.12 |
8.70 |
9.64 |
20,375 |
11,810 |
8,565 |
8.99 |
7.69 |
11.69 |
| Primitive Methodists |
3,775 |
2,128 |
1,647 |
0.70 |
0.66 |
0.79 |
1,311 |
699 |
612 |
0.56 |
0.55 |
0.57 |
2,236 |
1,317 |
919 |
0.98 |
0.86 |
1.25 |
| Wesleyan Methodist Association |
1,146 |
575 |
571 |
0.21 |
0.18 |
0.27 |
915 |
435 |
480 |
0.39 |
0.34 |
0.44 |
276 |
158 |
118 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.16 |
| Bible Christians |
651 |
353 |
298 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.13 |
394 |
209 |
185 |
0.17 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
327 |
184 |
143 |
0.15 |
0.12 |
0.19 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists* |
140 |
100 |
40 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
87 |
62 |
25 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.02 |
40 |
32 |
8 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
| Independents or Congregationalists |
12,777 |
7,069 |
5,708 |
2.40 |
2.18 |
2.71 |
8,372 |
4,336 |
4,036 |
3.58 |
3.41 |
3.77 |
4,353 |
2,682 |
1,671 |
1.91 |
1.74 |
2.28 |
| Baptists |
9,001 |
4,989 |
4,012 |
1.69 |
1.54 |
1.90 |
5,306 |
2,743 |
2,563 |
2.26 |
2.16 |
2.39 |
3,086 |
1,896 |
1,190 |
1.36 |
1.23 |
1.63 |
| Lutherans and German Protestants |
10,043 |
7,620 |
2,423 |
1.89 |
2.36 |
1.16 |
3,385 |
2,385 |
1,000 |
1.44 |
1.88 |
0.93 |
5,856 |
4,792 |
1,064 |
2.58 |
3.12 |
1.44 |
| Unitarians |
1,430 |
989 |
441 |
0.26 |
0.31 |
0.21 |
800 |
514 |
286 |
0.34 |
0.40 |
0.27 |
582 |
437 |
145 |
0.25 |
0.28 |
0.20 |
| Society of Friends |
273 |
192 |
81 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
160 |
99 |
61 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.06 |
105 |
84 |
21 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.03 |
| Calvinists and Calvinistic Methodists |
650 |
492 |
158 |
0.12 |
0.15 |
0.07 |
198 |
138 |
60 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
0.06 |
434 |
334 |
100 |
0.19 |
0.22 |
0.14 |
| Other Persuasions* |
1,257 |
792 |
465 |
0.24 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
670 |
379 |
291 |
0.29 |
0.30 |
0.27 |
450 |
344 |
106 |
0.20 |
0.23 |
0.15 |
| Roman Catholics |
107,610 |
58,447 |
49,163 |
20.15 |
18.08 |
23.34 |
44,919 |
21,077 |
23,842 |
19.17 |
16.60 |
22.22 |
38,667 |
23,094 |
15,573 |
17.06 |
15.05 |
21.23 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
2,219 |
1,285 |
934 |
0.42 |
0.40 |
0.44 |
659 |
283 |
376 |
0.28 |
0.22 |
0.35 |
1,007 |
597 |
410 |
0.44 |
0.39 |
0.55 |
| Greek Church |
239 |
226 |
13 |
0.04 |
0.07 |
|
31 |
29 |
2 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
|
208 |
199 |
9 |
0.09 |
0.13 |
0.01 |
| Israelites and Christian Israelites |
395 |
222 |
173 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
273 |
148 |
125 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
117 |
69 |
48 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.06 |
| Latter-day Saints or Mormons |
108 |
90 |
18 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
38 |
30 |
8 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
77 |
63 |
14 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.02 |
| Jews |
2,903 |
1,857 |
1,946 |
0.54 |
0.59 |
0.50 |
2,498 |
1,557 |
941 |
1.06 |
1.22 |
0.88 |
867 |
608 |
259 |
0.39 |
0.39 |
0.36 |
| Unsectarian, No Denomination, Secularists, &c. |
952 |
761 |
191 |
0.18 |
0.24 |
0.09 |
452 |
336 |
116 |
0.19 |
0.26 |
0.10 |
463 |
395 |
68 |
0.20 |
0.25 |
0.09 |
| No Religion |
441 |
398 |
43 |
0.08 |
0.12 |
0.02 |
169 |
141 |
28 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
0.03 |
300 |
270 |
30 |
0.13 |
0.17 |
0.04 |
| Mahomedans |
189 |
178 |
11 |
0.04 |
0.06 |
|
40 |
37 |
3 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
|
124 |
122 |
2 |
0.06 |
0.08 |
|
| Pagans (exclusive of Chinese) |
1,672 |
1,039 |
633 |
0.31 |
0.32 |
0.30 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
326 |
246 |
80 |
0.14 |
0.16 |
0.11 |