The Colony, Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, Shires and Road Districts (II.), TABLE VIII.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religions in the Colony of Victoria, in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in the Shires and Road Districts, and in places outside Local Jurisdiction ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Religion to the Totals of their respective Divisions.
Religious Denominations. The Colony. Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. Shires, and Road Districts. Places outside Local Jurisdiction.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent. 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. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Total Population 731,528 401,050 330,478 374,150 190,425 183,725 345,847 202,429 143,418 11,531 8,196 3,335
Total of Specified Beliefs 716,003 391,532 324,471 100.00 100.00 100.00 366,226 185,804 180,422 100.00 100.00 100.00 339,318 198,204 141,114 100.00 100.00 100.00 10,459 7,524 2,935 100.00 100.00 100.00
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 251,328 139,166 112,162 35.10 35.54 34.57 131,255 67,754 63,501 35.84 36.47 35.20 115,897 68,456 47,441 34.16 34.54 33.62 4,176 2,956 1,220 39.93 39.29 42.57
Free Church of England 510 268 242 0.07 0.07 0.07 435 221 214 0.12 0.12 0.12 72 44 28 0.02 0.02 0.02 3 3 0.03 0.04
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 5,997 3,798 2,199 0.84 0.97 0.68 3,700 2,158 1,542 1.01 1.16 0.85 2,075 1,422 653 0.61 0.72 0.46 222 218 4 2.12 2.90 0.14
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 81,839 43,210 38,629 11.43 11.04 11.91 36,598 18,309 18,289 9.99 9.86 10.14 44,362 24,305 20,057 13.07 12.26 14.22 879 596 283 8.41 7.92 9.64
Free Presbyterians (undefined) 10,647 6,178 4,469 1.49 1.58 1.38 4,349 2,281 2,068 1.19 1.23 1.15 6,276 3,653 2,623 1.85 1.84 1.86 22 14 8 0.21 0.19 0.27
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 9,513 5,126 4,387 1.33 1.31 1.35 3,462 1,816 1,646 0.94 0.98 0.91 5,700 3,317 2,383 1.68 1.67 1.69 351 223 128 3.36 2.96 4.36
Reformed Presbyterians Church, Covenanters 305 166 139 0.04 0.04 0.04 186 96 90 0.05 0.05 0.05 119 70 49 0.03 0.03 0.04
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 10,673 6,009 4,664 1.49 1.54 1.44 5,309 2,805 2,504 1.45 1.51 1.39 5,154 3,048 2,106 1.52 1.54 1.49 210 156 54 2.01 2.07 1.84
Others* 6 6 0.00 0.00 1 1 0.00 0.00 4 4 0.00 0.00 1 1 0.01 0.01
Wesleyan Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 1,326 683 643 0.19 0.17 0.20 1,029 518 511 0.28 0.28 0.28 257 148 109 0.08 0.07 0.08 40 17 23 0.38 0.23 0.79
New Connection Methodists 229 95 134 0.03 0.02 0.04 212 90 122 0.06 0.05 0.07 17 5 12 0.00 0.00 0.00
Primitive Methodists 7,900 3,975 3,925 1.10 1.02 1.21 3,862 1,878 1,984 1.05 1.01 1.10 4,022 2,086 1,936 1.19 1.05 1.37 16 11 5 0.15 0.15 0.17
Bible Christians 4,194 2,092 2,102 0.59 0.53 0.65 2,547 1,260 1,287 0.70 0.68 0.71 1,636 825 811 0.48 0.42 0.58 11 7 4 0.10 0.09 0.14
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 80,491 41,264 39,227 11.24 10.54 12.09 46,702 23,102 23,600 12.75 12.44 13.08 33,315 17,854 15,461 9.82 9.01 10.96 474 308 166 4.53 4.09 5.66
Others* 80 35 45 0.01 0.01 0.01 65 27 38 0.02 0.01 0.02 14 7 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 1 0.01 0.01
Other Protestants—
Independents or Congregationalists 18,191 9,359 8,832 2.54 2.39 2.72 13,205 6,538 6,667 3.61 3.52 3.70 4,881 2,743 2,138 1.44 1.38 1.52 105 78 27 1.00 1.04 0.92
Baptists 16,311 8,156 8,155 2.28 2.08 2.51 11,112 5,300 5,812 3.03 2.85 3.22 5,091 2,785 2,306 1.50 1.41 1.64 108 71 37 1.03 0.94 1.26
Lutherans, German Protestants 10,559 7,206 3,353 1.47 1.84 1.03 4,504 2,969 1,535 1.23 1.60 0.85 5,834 4,024 1,810 1.72 2.03 1.28 221 213 8 2.11 2.83 0.27
Disciples of Christ, Christians 3,540 1,715 1,825 0.49 0.44 0.56 2,604 1,238 1,366 0.71 0.67 0.76 928 475 453 0.27 0.24 0.32 8 2 6 0.08 0.03 0.20
Moravians, United Brethren 93 53 40 0.01 0.01 0.01 18 14 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.74 38 36 0.02 0.02 0.03 1 1 0.01 0.01
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 1,432 855 577 0.20 0.22 0.18 790 441 349 0.22 0.24 0.19 633 407 226 0.19 0.21 0.16 9 7 2 0.09 0.09 0.07
Society of Friends 333 207 126 0.05 0.05 0.04 254 148 106 0.07 0.08 0.06 77 57 20 0.02 0.03 0.01 2 2 0.02 0.03
Unitarians 1,016 661 355 0.14 0.17 0.11 798 492 306 0.22 0.26 0.17 203 157 46 0.06 0.08 0.03 15 12 3 0.14 0.16 0.10
Others* 1,028 619 409 0.15 0.16 0.13 812 491 321 0.22 0.26 0.18 213 126 87 0.06 0.06 0.06 3 2 1 0.03 0.03 0.03
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 167,468 84,861 82,607 23.39 21.68 25.46 79,364 36,333 43,031 21.67 19.56 23.85 85,507 46,878 38,629 25.20 23.65 27.38 2,597 1,650 947 24.83 21.93 32.27
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 3,152 1,545 1,607 0.44 0.39 0.50 1,572 666 906 0.43 0.36 0.50 1,528 830 698 0.45 0.42 0.49 52 49 3 0.50 0.65 0.10
Greek Church 332 305 27 0.05 0.08 0.01 55 44 11 0.02 0.02 0.00 100 84 16 0.03 0.04 0.01 177 177 1.69 2.36
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 278 142 136 0.04 0.04 0.04 191 98 93 0.05 0.05 0.05 86 43 43 0.03 0.02 0.03 1 1 0.01 0.01
Israclites and Christian Israelites 285 143 142 0.04 0.04 0.04 192 92 100 0.05 0.05 0.06 93 51 42 0.03 0.03 0.03
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 97 78 19 0.01 0.02 0.01 56 44 12 0.02 0.02 0.00 41 34 7 0.01 0.02 0.00
Jews 3,571 2,010 1,561 0.50 0.51 0.48 3,364 1,857 1,507 0.92 1.00 0.84 191 140 51 0.06 0.07 0.04 16 13 3 0.15 0.17 0.10
Mahometans 125 124 1 0.02 0.03 0.00 27 27 0.01 0.01 94 93 1 0.03 0.05 0.00 4 4 0.04 0.05
Pagans 17,650 17,620 30 2.47 4.50 0.01 4,935 4,910 25 1.35 2.64 0.01 12,028 12,023 5 3.54 6.07 0.00 687 687 6.56 9.12
Others* 617 391 226 0.09 0.10 0.07 457 273 184 0.12 0.15 0.10 157 115 42 0.05 0.06 0.03 3 3 0.03 0.04
No Denomination 2,737 1,880 857 0.38 0.48 0.26 1,567 1,028 539 0.43 0.55 0.30 1,148 832 316 0.34 0.42 0.22 22 20 2 0.21 0.27 0.07
No Religion 2,150 1,531 619 0.30 0.39 0.19 637 485 152 0.17 0.26 0.09 1,490 1,024 466 0.44 0.52 0.33 23 22 1 0.22 0.29 0.03
Unspecified 5,560 3,193 2,367 2,163 1,138 1,025 2,537 1,562 975 860 493 367
Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples 9,965 6,325 3,640 5,761 3,483 2,278 3,993 2,664 1,329 213 180 33