Summary by Electoral Provinces., TABLE XI.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males, and Females, living in each Electoral Province.
Religious Denominations. Total of Provinces. Central Province. South Province. South-Western Province. Western Province. North-Western Province. Eastern Province.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL 728,534 398,446 330,088 180,854 89,731 91,123 69,318 38,073 31,245 138,582 73,260 65,322 64,150 35,327 28,823 198,299 114,910 83,389 77,331 47,145 30,186
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 250,482 138,340 112,142 68,641 34,832 33,809 25,118 14,110 11,008 42,763 23,039 19,724 19,706 11,207 8,499 65,509 37,967 27,542 28,745 17,185 11,560
Free Church of England 510 268 242 126 59 67 8 4 4 348 187 161 3 3 11 6 5 14 9 5
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 5,795 3,597 2,198 2,596 1,512 1,084 487 350 137 772 439 333 501 335 166 755 511 244 684 450 234
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 81,652 43,035 38,617 16,131 7,942 8,189 8,123 4,265 3,858 16,400 8,429 7,971 11,917 6,153 5,764 21,356 11,863 9,493 7,725 4,383 3,342
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and Free Presbyterians (undefined) 20,141 11,285 8,856 3,967 2,042 1,925 2,170 1,240 930 3,698 2,021 1,677 2,459 1,366 1,093 5,306 3,035 2,271 2,541 1,581 960
Reformed Presbyterians Church, Covenanters 305 166 139 23 21 2 16 12 4 184 84 100 21 11 10 31 19 12 30 19 11
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 10,570 5,910 4,660 3,368 1,794 1,574 1,049 579 470 1,625 845 780 1,329 752 577 1,680 1,016 664 1,519 924 595
Other Presbyterians 6 6 2 2 3 3 1 1
Wesleyan Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 1,326 683 643 566 278 288 251 126 125 251 131 120 5 1 4 187 105 82 66 42 24
New Connection Methodists 229 95 134 207 87 120 5 1 4 9 1 8 5 4 1 3 2 1
Primitive Methodists 7,900 3,975 3,925 590 279 311 998 496 502 2,570 1,269 1,301 473 240 233 2,944 1,516 1,428 325 175 150
Bible Christians 4,193 2,091 2,102 376 182 194 65 32 33 1,244 614 630 263 124 139 2,184 1,108 1,076 61 31 30
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 80,413 41,192 39,221 14,329 6,893 7,436 6,780 3,524 3,256 21,882 10,946 10,936 5,188 2,727 2,461 27,689 14,631 13,058 4,545 2,471 2,074
Other Wesleyan Methodists 79 34 45 51 26 25 5 5 13 6 7 10 2 8
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 18,166 9,335 8,831 7,480 3,653 3,827 1,534 803 731 2,806 1,430 1,376 905 502 403 4,210 2,238 1,972 1,231 709 522
Baptists 16,298 8,143 8,155 6,340 2,992 3,348 1,818 904 914 3,035 1,479 1,556 1,350 690 660 2,957 1,620 1,337 798 458 340
Lutherans, German Protestants 10,467 7,115 3,352 1,575 1,044 531 1,180 747 433 1,681 1,054 627 1,271 732 539 3,574 2,612 962 1,186 926 260
Disciples of Christ, Christians 3,539 1,714 1,825 1,862 881 981 553 260 293 589 299 290 4 1 3 461 234 227 70 39 31
Moravians, United Brethren 93 53 40 12 9 3 3 2 1 5 3 2 17 9 8 41 22 19 15 8 7
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 1,432 855 577 161 93 68 40 30 10 639 345 294 44 26 18 485 315 170 63 46 17
Society of Friends 333 207 126 142 82 60 35 24 11 72 42 30 9 8 1 54 40 14 21 11 10
Unitarians 1,013 658 355 581 353 228 66 44 22 63 39 24 47 31 16 183 134 49 73 57 16
Other Protestants 1,027 618 409 635 398 237 75 42 33 44 25 19 23 12 11 187 99 88 63 42 21
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 167,112 84,512 82,600 41,038 18,388 22,650 16,168 8,561 7,607 31,081 15,385 15,696 16,289 8,737 7,552 42,986 22,844 20,142 19,550 10,597 8,953
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 3,112 1,507 1,605 828 318 510 184 95 89 491 211 280 369 206 163 741 403 338 499 274 225
Greek Church 160 133 27 20 18 2 9 9 7 7 3 3 78 64 14 43 32 11
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 278 142 136 148 75 73 13 9 4 65 31 34 5 2 3 41 21 20 6 4 2
Israclites and Christian Israelites 285 143 142 115 57 58 77 42 35 76 31 45 3 3 14 10 4
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 97 78 19 39 29 10 7 5 2 7 5 2 5 5 32 27 5 7 7
Jews 3,571 2,010 1,561 2,528 1,384 1,144 38 24 14 502 286 216 83 51 32 271 163 108 149 102 47
Mahometans 123 122 1 12 12 1 1 20 20 2 2 83 82 1 5 5
Pagans 17,629 17,599 30 584 564 20 507 507 2,780 2,778 2 534 532 2 8,235 8,233 2 4,989 4,985 4
Other Sects 617 391 226 229 139 90 29 16 13 31 22 9 10 7 3 273 177 96 45 30 15
No Denomination 2,736 1,879 857 839 532 307 272 178 94 398 259 139 138 90 48 885 662 223 204 158 46
No Religion 2,141 1,522 619 299 230 69 92 77 15 217 163 54 286 195 91 752 545 207 495 312 183
Unspecified 4,812 2,780 2,032 1,054 530 524 444 270 174 780 440 340 340 223 117 1,448 848 600 746 469 277
Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples 9,892 6,253 3,639 3,362 2,003 1,359 1,101 682 419 1,439 898 641 548 341 207 2,638 1,730 908 804 599 205