EDUCATION BY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS., TABLE X.—Showing, exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, the Degree of Education possessed by Children between the ages of Five and Fifteen, of different Religious Denominations in the Colony of Victoria.
Religious Denominations. Children between 5 and 15 years of age.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Totals. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read. Education unknown. Read and Write. Read only. Cannot Read.
Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls.
Church of England and Episcopalian Protestants 35,498 17,622 17,876 16,804 8,419 8,385 10,444 5,078 5,366 8,104 4,048 4,056 146 77 69 47.46 47.90 47.03 29.59 29.07 30.10 22.95 23.03 22.87
Free Church of England 101 47 54 52 27 25 33 14 19 16 6 10 51.49 57.45 46.29 32.67 29.78 35.19 15.84 12.77 18.52
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 561 342 219 253 151 102 154 94 60 150 96 54 4 1 3 45.42 44.28 47.22 27.65 27.57 27.78 26.93 28.15 25.00
Presbyterian Churches :
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 979 483 496 600 294 306 257 124 133 120 63 57 2 2 61.41 61.13 61.69 26.30 25.78 26.82 12.29 13.09 11.49
Church of Scotland 6,358 3,226 3,132 3,052 1,597 1,455 2,058 1,002 1,056 1,241 625 616 7 2 5 48.06 49.53 46.53 32.40 31.08 33.77 19.54 19.39 19.70
Free Church of Scotland and Free Presbyterians 3,825 1,872 1,953 1,791 881 910 1,271 590 681 749 388 361 14 13 1 46.99 47.39 46.62 33.35 31.74 34.88 19.66 20.87 18.50
United Presbyterians Church 3,050 1,518 1,532 1,619 823 796 958 468 490 469 227 242 4 4 53.15 54.22 52.09 31.45 30.83 32.07 15.39 14.95 15.84
Other Presbyterian Churches 78 38 40 56 27 29 14 7 7 8 4 4 71.79 71.05 72.50 17.95 18.42 17.50 10.26 10.53 10.00
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 1,032 530 502 541 267 274 324 166 158 162 93 69 5 4 1 52.68 50.76 54.70 31.55 31.56 31.54 15.77 17.68 13.76
Wesleyan Methodists :
Wesleyans, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists 8,633 4,208 4,425 4,930 2,462 2,468 2,628 1,205 1,423 1,063 534 529 12 7 5 57.19 58.61 55.84 30.48 28.68 32.20 12.33 12.71 11.96
Primitive Methodists 793 395 398 412 215 197 283 137 146 95 42 53 3 1 2 52.15 54.57 49.75 35.82 34.77 36.87 12.03 10.66 13.38
Wesleyan Methodist Association 249 105 144 159 73 86 65 21 44 25 11 14 63.86 69.52 59.72 26.10 20.00 30.56 10.04 10.48 9.72
Bible Christians 153 78 75 84 45 39 54 27 27 15 6 9 54.90 57.69 52.00 35.30 34.62 36.00 9.80 7.69 12.00
Other Wesleyan Methodists 26 21 5 17 16 1 7 3 4 2 2 65.39 76.19 20.00 26.92 14.29 80.00 7.69 9.52
Independents or Congregationalists 2,486 1,200 1,286 1,514 739 775 662 295 367 301 161 140 9 5 4 61.12 61.84 60.45 26.73 24.69 28.63 12.15 13.47 10.92
Baptists 1,658 837 821 995 509 486 442 225 217 215 102 113 6 1 5 60.23 60.89 59.56 26.76 26.91 26.59 13.01 12.20 13.85
Lutherans and German Protestants 899 489 410 404 219 185 175 99 76 313 169 144 7 2 5 45.29 44.97 56.10 19.62 20.33 26.02 35.09 34.70 17.88
Unitarians 236 113 123 138 69 69 53 21 32 44 22 22 1 1 58.73 61.61 56.10 22.55 18.75 26.02 18.72 19.64 17.88
Society of Friends 32 19 13 25 15 10 3 3 4 1 3 78.13 78.95 76.92 9.37 15.79 12.50 5.26 23.08
Calvinists and Calvinistic Methodists 48 23 25 23 9 14 12 5 7 13 9 4 47.92 39.13 56.00 25.00 21.74 28.00 27.08 39.13 16.00
Other Persuasions 190 97 93 118 63 55 41 20 21 30 14 16 1 1 62.44 64.95 59.78 21.69 20.62 22.83 15.87 14.43 17.39
Roman Catholics 17,120 8,481 8,639 7,043 3,476 3,567 4,779 2,305 2,474 5,235 2,675 2,560 63 25 38 41.29 41.11 41.47 28.02 27.26 28.77 30.69 31.63 29.76
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 197 103 94 72 41 31 50 23 27 75 39 36 36.55 39.81 32.98 25.38 22.33 28.72 38.07 37.86 38.30
Greek Church 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 25.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00
Israelites and Christian Israelites 60 35 25 27 15 12 25 14 11 7 6 1 1 1 45.76 42.86 50.00 42.37 40.00 45.83 11.87 17.14 4.17
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 9 6 3 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 50.00 50.00 33.34 37.50 33.33 33.33 12.50 16.67 33.33
Jews 449 250 199 263 156 127 89 53 36 77 41 36 63.03 62.40 63.82 19.82 21.20 18.09 17.15 16.40 18.09
Unsectarian, No Denomination, Secularists, &c. 76 52 27 45 30 15 18 9 9 16 13 3 56.97 57.69 55.56 22.79 17.31 33.33 20.25 25.00 11.11
No Religion 24 16 8 12 8 4 6 4 2 6 4 2 50.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00
Mahomedans 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.00 100.00
Pagans (not Chinese) 65 46 19 1 1 1 1 52 34 18 11 10 1 1.85 2.78 1.85 2.78 96.30 94.44 100.00
Unspecified 229 192 37 123 109 14 33 25 8 53 46 7 20 12 8 58.86 60.56 48.27 15.79 13.89 27.59 25.35 25.55 24.14
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples 1,893 894 999 893 432 461 468 216 252 484 217 267 48 29 19 48.40 49.94 47.04 25.36 24.98 25.71 26.24 25.08 27.25
Total 87,016 43,341 43,675 42,091 21,191 20,900 25,411 12,257 13,154 19,149 9,700 9,449 365 193 172 48.52 49.09 48.02 29.32 28.41 30.22 22.12 22.50 21.76