Summary by Electoral District., TABLE XII.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males, and Females, living in each Electoral District.
Religious Denominations. Total of Electoral Districts. Ararat. Avoca. Ballarat East. Ballarat West. Belfast. East Bourke.
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 6,203 3,527 2,676 17,111 10,480 6,631 21,130 11,430 9,700 42,702 22,291 20,411 2,485 1,211 1,274 9,951 5,491 4,460
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 250,482 138,340 112,142 2,460 1,387 1,073 6,751 4,033 2,718 6,232 3,372 2,860 13,083 6,884 6,199 977 493 484 2,890 1,659 1,231
Free Church of England 510 268 242 7 2 5 218 117 101 1 1
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 5,795 3,597 2,198 105 81 24 47 34 13 6 6 362 203 159 6 3 3 14 10 4
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 81,652 43,035 38,617 965 518 447 1,779 1,013 766 1,922 967 955 4,950 2,524 2,426 371 182 189 1,558 833 725
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and Free Presbyterians (undefined) 20,141 11,285 8,856 112 69 43 350 207 143 289 167 122 842 488 354 96 46 50 280 154 126
Reformed Presbyterians Church, Covenanters 305 166 139 8 2 6 3 1 2 6 3 3
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 10,570 5,910 4,660 88 46 42 246 148 98 165 73 92 468 261 207 2 2 299 168 131
Other Presbyterians 6 6 2 2
Wesleyan Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 1,326 683 643 95 48 47 60 37 23 1 1
New Connection Methodists 229 95 134 1 1 1 1
Primitive Methodists 7,900 3,975 3,925 4 2 2 174 96 78 162 76 86 1,024 482 542 293 153 140
Bible Christians 4,193 2,091 2,102 21 13 8 231 117 114 693 333 360 20 12 8
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 80,413 41,192 39,221 519 265 254 2,121 1,161 960 3,869 1,938 1,931 6,895 3,425 3,470 273 141 132 1,062 540 522
Other Wesleyan Methodists 79 34 45 5 5
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 18,166 9,335 8,831 36 22 14 423 237 186 303 162 141 1,377 687 690 25 12 13 100 50 50
Baptists 16,298 8,143 8,155 87 45 42 367 206 161 302 147 155 1,240 606 634 19 7 12 231 111 120
Lutherans, German Protestants 10,467 7,115 3,352 91 57 34 237 206 31 238 153 85 436 299 137 1 1 306 182 124
Disciples of Christ, Christians 3,539 1,714 1,825 125 67 58 230 126 104 290 140 150 2 2 19 8 11
Moravians, United Brethren 93 53 40 1 1 4 3 1 1 1
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 1,432 855 577 4 4 32 25 7 35 20 15 478 244 234 1 1
Society of Friends 333 207 126 7 6 1 24 15 9 36 19 17
Unitarians 1,013 658 355 7 5 2 23 18 5 9 4 5 31 22 9
Other Protestants 1,027 618 409 3 3 15 9 6 3 2 1 17 12 5
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 167,112 84,512 82,600 1,361 736 625 2,564 1,420 1,144 5,471 2,774 2,697 8,114 3,952 4,162 667 294 373 2,596 1,435 1,161
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 3,112 1,507 1,605 37 29 8 37 19 18 13 2 11 226 96 130 9 5 4
Greek Church 160 133 27 1 1 16 16 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 278 142 136 9 7 2 15 9 6
Israclites and Christian Israelites 285 143 142 28 11 17 10 4 6 5 4 1
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 97 78 19 7 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Jews 3,571 2,010 1,561 33 21 12 22 18 4 301 170 131 82 55 27 1 1 3 3
Mahometans 123 122 1 8 7 1 19 19 1 1
Pagans 17,626 17,596 30 185 184 1 1,017 1,017 895 893 2 796 796 1 1
Other Sects 617 391 226 11 11 14 6 8 5 4 1 1 1
No Denomination 2,736 1,879 857 19 8 11 128 96 32 64 37 27 166 113 53 6 4 2 22 11 11
No Religion 2,141 1,522 619 13 9 4 59 43 16 8 6 2 78 60 18 6 4 2 16 16
Unspecified 4,813 2,781 2,032 24 9 15 134 87 47 53 24 29 323 179 144 7 2 5 53 32 21
Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples 9,894 6,255 3,639 39 20 19 363 244 119 147 98 49 369 232 137 23 16 7 169 100 69