Increase or Decrease of each Denomination, 1854-1871., TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religious Denominations, living in Victoria in 1854, 1857, 1861, and 1871, and the Numerical and Proportionate Increase or Decrease of each Denomination in the interval between each of those periods.
Religious Denominations. Numbers, 1854. Increase or Decrease from 1854 to 1857. Numbers, 1857. Increase or Decrease from 1857 to 1861. Numbers, 1861. Increase or Decrease from 1861 to 1871. Numbers, 1871.
Numerical. Centesimal. Numerical. Centesimal. Numerical. Centesimal.
Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL OF VICTORIA 236,798 173,968 73.47 410,766 264,334 146,432 129,556 64,317 65,239 31.54 24.33 44.55 540,322 328,651 211,671 191,206 72,399 118,807 35.39 22.03 56.13 731,528 401,050 330,478
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 99,978 57,840 57.84 157,818 99,409 58,409 47,877 24,094 23,783 30.34 24.24 40.72 205,695 123,503 82,192 45,633 15,663 29,970 22.19 12.68 36.46 251,328 139,166 112,162
Free Church of England 218 Infinite 218 129 89 236 110 126 108.26 85.27 141.57 454 239 215 56 29 27 12.34 12.13 12.56 510 208 242
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 8,024 7,297 90.94 15,321 10,844 4,477 -9,402 -6,628 -2,774 -61.36 -61.14 -61.98 5,919 4,216 1,703 78 -418 496 1.32 -9.91 29.12 5,997 3,798 2,199
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 5,053 2,732 2,321 Infinite Infinite Infinite 5,053 2,732 2,321 3,773 -2,232 6,005 4.83 -4.91 18.41 81,839 43,210 38,629
Church of Scotland 16,924 10,904 64.44 27,828 17,347 10,481 9,089 4,669 4,420 32.67 26.91 42.18 36,917 22,016 14,901
United Presbyterians 2,841 6,474 227.88 9,315 5,499 3,816 7,419 4,107 3,312 79.61 74.69 86.79 16,734 9,606 7,128
Free Church of Scotland 12,033 7,308 60.74 19,341 11,337 8,004 21 -249 270 0.11 -2.19 3.37 19,362 11,088 8,274
Free Presbyterians (undefined) 129 -129 -100.00 1,811 1,006 805 Infinite Infinite Infinite 1,811 1,006 805 8,836 5,172 3,664 487.91 514.11 455.15 10,647 6,178 4,409
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 27 15 12 Infinite Infinite Infinite 27† 15 12 9,486 5,111 4,375 35133.33 34073.33 36458.33 9,513 5,126 4,387
Reformed Presbyterians 24 36 150.00 60 36 24 89 51 38 148.33 190.00 106.67 149 87 62 156 79 77 104.69 90.81 124.19 365 166 139
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 10,243 -1,800 -17.57 8,443 5,568 2,875 -1,608 -1,290 -318 -19.04 -23.17 -11.06 6,835 4,278 2,557 3,838 1,731 2,107 56.15 40.46 82.40 10,673 6,009 4,664
Others* 41 123 300.00 164 100 64 32 44 -12 19.51 44.00 -18.75 196 144 52 -190 -138 -52 -97.45 -96.53 -100.00 6 6
Wesleyan Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 384 417 108.59 801 437 364 401 173 228 50.06 40.55 61.31 1,202 610 592 124 73 51 10.32 11.97 8.62 1,326 683 643
New Connection Methodists 23 5 21.74 28 16 12 -13 -5 -8 -46.43 -31.25 -66.67 15 11 4 214 84 130 1426.67 763.64 3250.00 229 95 134
Primitive Methodists 738 1,306 176.96 2,044 1,237 807 1,731 891 840 84.67 72.03 104.09 3,775 2,128 1,647 4,125 1,847 2,278 109.27 86.79 138.31 7,960 3,975 3,925
Bible Christians 87 181 208.05 268 138 130 383 215 168 142.90 155.79 129.22 651 353 298 3,543 1,739 1,804 544.09 492.64 605.03 4,194 2,092 2,102
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 13,989 10,751 76.84 24,740 14,399 10,341 16,059 8,002 8,057 64.91 55.58 77.92 40,799 22,401 18,398 39,692 18,863 20,829 97.29 84.21 113.21 80,491 41,264 39,227
Others* 63 44 69.84 107 59 48 -38 -5 -33 -35.51 -3.57 -70.59 69 54 15 11 -19 30 15.94 -35.19 200.00 80 35 45
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 7,791 2,970 38.12 10,761 6,271 4,490 2,035 810 1,225 18.91 12.92 27.28 12,796 7,081 5,715 5,395 2,278 3,117 42.16 32.17 54.54 18,191 9,359 8,832
Baptists 4,727 1,685 35.64 6,412 3,688 2,724 2,589 1,301 1,288 40.35 35.28 47.28 9,001 4,989 4,012 7,310 3,167 4,143 81.21 63.48 103.26 16,311 8,156 8,155
Lutherans, German Protestants 3,043 3,470 114.03 6,513 5,185 1,328 3,530 2,435 1,095 54.20 46.96 82.45 10,043 7,620 2,423 516 -414 930 5.14 -5.43 38.38 10,559 7,206 3,353
Christians, Church of Christ 69 Infinite 69 49 20 256 123 133 138.38 93.18 250.94 441 255 186 3,292 1,550 1,742 746.49 607.84 936.56 3,540 1,715 1,825
Plymouth Brethren 181 -65 -35.91 116 83 33 193 90 103
Moravians, United Brethren 57 0 0.00 57 41 16 -5 -10 5 -8.77 -24.39 31.25 52 31 21 41 22 19 78.85 70.97 90.48 93 53 40
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 210 258 122.86 468 334 134 182 158 24 38.88 47.30 17.92 650 492 158 782 363 419 120.31 73.78 265.19 1,432 855 577
Society of Friends 221 104 47.06 325 238 87 -52 -46 -6 -16.00 -19.33 -6.90 273 192 81 60 15 45 21.98 7.81 55.55 333 207 126
Unitarians 1,180 282 23.89 1,462 1,031 431 -32 -42 10 -2.19 -4.07 2.32 1,430 989 441 -414 -328 -86 -28.95 -33.16 -19.50 1,016 661 355
Others* 649 -111 -17.10 538 383 155 -126 -104 -22 -23.42 -27.34 -13.64 412 279 133 423 250 173 102.67 89.61 130.08 835 529 306
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 40,711 29,441 72.31 70,152 38,781 31,371 37,458 19,666 17,792 53.38 50.71 56.71 107,610 58,447 49,163 59,858 26,414 33,444 55.62 45.19 68.03 167,468 84,861 82,607
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 4,400 1,948 44.27 6,348 3,774 2,574 -4,129 -2,489 -1,640 -65.04 -65.95 -63.71 2,219 1,285 934 933 260 673 42.05 20.23 72.06 3,152 1,545 1,607
Greek Church 65 62 95.38 127 124 3 112 102 10 88.18 82.26 333.33 239 226 13 93 79 14 3,891 34.96 107.69 332 305 27
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 75 50 66.67 125 89 36 19 -17 36 15.20 -19.10 100.00 144 72 72 134 70 64 93.05 97.22 88.89 278 142 136
Israclites and Christian Israelites 307 Infinite 307 186 121 88 36 52 28.66 19.35 42.97 395 222 173 -110 -79 -31 -27.85 -35.59 -17.92 285 143 142
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 132 76 57.57 208 164 44 -100 -74 -26 -48.08 -45.12 -59.09 108 90 18 -11 -12 1 -10.18 -13.33 5.56 97 78 19
Jews 1,547 634 40.98 2,181 1,516 665 722 341 381 33.10 22.49 57.29 2,903 1,857 1,046 668 153 515 23.01 8.24 49.24 3,571 2,010 1,561
Mahometans 332 -116 -34.94 216 213 3 -27 -35 8 -12.50 -16.43 266.66 189 178 11 -64 -54 -10 -33.86 -30.34 90.91 125 124 1
Pagans 2,677 24,611 919.35 27,288 26,758 530 -1,065 -1,176 111 -3.90 -4.39 20.94 26,223 25,582 641 -8,573 -7,962 -611 -32.70 -31.14 -95.32 17,650 17,620 30
Others* 182 192 105.49 374 266 108 -166 -111 -55 -44.38 -41.95 -50.47 208 155 53 409 236 173 197.12 152.90 326.41 617 391 226
No Denomination* 171 1,235 722.22 1,406 1,194 212 -454 -433 -21 -32.28 -36.26 -9.90 952 761 191 1,785 1,119 666 187.75 147.04 348.69 2,737 1,880 857
No Religion* 805 353 43.85 1,158 1,073 85 -717 -675 -42 -61.91 -62.90 -49.41 441 398 43 1,709 1,133 576 387.53 284.67 1339.54 2,150 1,531 619
Unspecified 2,121 5,538 261.10 7,659 6,338 1,321 -1,265 -982 -283 -16.52 -15.49 -21.42 6,394 5,356 1,038 -834 -2,163 1,329 -13.03 -40.37 128.03 5,560 3,193 2,367
Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples 11,536 7,607 3,929 Infinite Infinite Infinite 11,536 7,607 3,929 -1,571 -1,282 -289 -13.60 -16.83 -7.36 9,965 6,325 3,640