Summary of Mining Districts., TABLE XV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religions, living in each Mining District.
| Religious Denominations. |
Total of Mining Districts. |
Ararat. |
Ballarat. |
Beechworth. |
Castlemaine. |
Gippsland. |
Maryborough. |
Sandhurst. |
| 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 |
270,428 |
155,269 |
115,159 |
19,546 |
11,546 |
8,000 |
94,618 |
51,329 |
43,289 |
27,061 |
16,773 |
10,288 |
38,385 |
22,093 |
16,292 |
5,557 |
4,033 |
1,524 |
35,892 |
21,519 |
14,373 |
49,369 |
27,976 |
21,393 |
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) |
89,329 |
50,498 |
38,831 |
| 3,957 |
2,987 |
| 15,616 |
13,294 |
| 4,841 |
3,479 |
| 6,944 |
5,442 |
| 1,322 |
638 |
| 8,401 |
5,985 |
| 9,417 |
7,006 |
| Free Church of England |
238 |
130 |
108 |
|
|
|
| 126 |
101 |
| 2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
1,575 |
1,001 |
574 |
| 109 |
36 |
| 297 |
206 |
| 208 |
146 |
| 244 |
136 |
| 18 |
|
| 53 |
16 |
| 72 |
34 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
26,700 |
14,422 |
12,278 |
| 1,435 |
1,252 |
| 5,634 |
5,296 |
| 1,206 |
946 |
| 1,502 |
1,296 |
| 241 |
119 |
| 2,111 |
1,533 |
| 2,293 |
1,836 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and Free Presbyterians (undefined) |
6,115 |
3,494 |
2,622 |
| 286 |
205 |
| 1,097 |
945 |
| 465 |
306 |
| 397 |
305 |
| 132 |
42 |
| 500 |
366 |
| 617 |
452 |
| Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters |
58 |
32 |
26 |
|
|
|
| 10 |
7 |
| 7 |
7 |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
8 |
| 6 |
4 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
2,819 |
1,579 |
1,240 |
| 84 |
72 |
| 469 |
404 |
| 298 |
230 |
| 363 |
308 |
| 24 |
3 |
| 194 |
130 |
| 147 |
93 |
| Other Presbyterians |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyan Methodists— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| United Methodist Free Church |
403 |
228 |
175 |
| 30 |
27 |
| 86 |
68 |
| 5 |
|
| 10 |
6 |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
| 96 |
74 |
| New Connection Methodists |
8 |
6 |
2 |
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Primitive Methodists |
4,615 |
2,308 |
2,307 |
| 119 |
130 |
| 1,198 |
1,218 |
| 38 |
31 |
| 368 |
356 |
| 8 |
1 |
| 163 |
165 |
| 414 |
406 |
| Bible Christians |
2,873 |
1,435 |
1,438 |
| 2 |
2 |
| 612 |
635 |
| 25 |
27 |
| 320 |
327 |
|
|
|
| 19 |
13 |
| 457 |
434 |
| Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) |
40,675 |
21,118 |
19,557 |
| 1,064 |
956 |
| 8,899 |
8,679 |
| 1,132 |
1,006 |
| 3,402 |
3,186 |
| 149 |
84 |
| 2,627 |
2,275 |
| 3,845 |
3,371 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists |
19 |
7 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
| 1 |
1 |
| 2 |
5 |
|
|
|
| 4 |
|
|
| 1 |
| Other Protestants— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Independents, or Congregationalists |
6,092 |
3,243 |
2,849 |
| 216 |
174 |
| 1,029 |
971 |
| 358 |
266 |
| 645 |
636 |
| 32 |
13 |
| 425 |
301 |
| 538 |
488 |
| Baptists |
4,577 |
2,384 |
2,193 |
| 208 |
189 |
| 898 |
921 |
| 181 |
153 |
| 411 |
360 |
| 30 |
17 |
| 306 |
241 |
| 350 |
312 |
| Lutherans, German Protestants |
4,786 |
3,520 |
1,266 |
| 149 |
52 |
| 692 |
294 |
| 393 |
99 |
| 545 |
239 |
| 104 |
10 |
| 626 |
151 |
| 1,011 |
421 |
| Disciples of Christ, Christians |
1,058 |
536 |
522 |
|
|
|
| 287 |
288 |
| 28 |
19 |
| 20 |
18 |
|
| 1 |
| 164 |
159 |
| 37 |
37 |
| Moravians, United Brethren |
13 |
9 |
4 |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
3 |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists |
1,017 |
595 |
422 |
| 26 |
12 |
| 322 |
296 |
| 8 |
2 |
| 86 |
62 |
| 5 |
2 |
| 99 |
35 |
| 49 |
13 |
| Society of Friends |
111 |
67 |
44 |
| 8 |
7 |
| 32 |
26 |
| 6 |
6 |
| 3 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 8 |
2 |
| 9 |
3 |
| Unitarians |
235 |
174 |
61 |
| 37 |
17 |
| 37 |
15 |
| 12 |
4 |
| 24 |
8 |
| 9 |
2 |
| 28 |
7 |
| 27 |
8 |
| Other Protestants |
214 |
116 |
98 |
| 9 |
12 |
| 19 |
9 |
| 10 |
11 |
| 12 |
9 |
| 1 |
|
| 8 |
7 |
| 57 |
50 |
| Catholics— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Roman Catholics |
51,460 |
26,398 |
25,062 |
| 1,821 |
1,637 |
| 8,432 |
8,523 |
| 3,212 |
3,101 |
| 3,223 |
2,969 |
| 888 |
567 |
| 3,025 |
2,560 |
| 5,797 |
5,705 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
1,149 |
587 |
562 |
| 46 |
80 |
| 116 |
153 |
| 160 |
147 |
| 172 |
153 |
| 4 |
1 |
| 48 |
34 |
| 41 |
44 |
| Greek Church |
122 |
97 |
25 |
| 1 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 11 |
6 |
| 2 |
|
| 34 |
8 |
| 37 |
11 |
| Other Sects— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Catholic and Apostolic Church |
40 |
22 |
18 |
| 1 |
|
| 16 |
8 |
|
| 1 |
| 3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
| Israelites and Christian Israelites |
52 |
25 |
27 |
| 1 |
|
| 15 |
24 |
|
|
|
| 8 |
2 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
| 1 |
| Latter-day Saints or Mormons |
28 |
26 |
2 |
| 4 |
|
| 2 |
1 |
| 3 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 10 |
1 |
| 4 |
|
| Jews |
780 |
466 |
314 |
| 19 |
14 |
| 229 |
160 |
| 53 |
32 |
| 13 |
19 |
| 6 |
|
| 43 |
25 |
| 103 |
64 |
| Mahometans |
90 |
89 |
1 |
| 8 |
1 |
| 18 |
|
| 5 |
|
| 7 |
|
|
|
|
| 25 |
|
| 26 |
|
| Pagans |
15,985 |
15,977 |
8 |
| 1,597 |
|
| 3,838 |
3 |
| 3,615 |
4 |
| 2,648 |
|
| 915 |
|
| 1,843 |
|
| 1,521 |
1 |
| Other Sects |
300 |
201 |
99 |
| 13 |
|
| 13 |
1 |
| 18 |
7 |
| 75 |
61 |
| 2 |
|
| 15 |
1 |
| 65 |
29 |
| No Denomination |
1,135 |
829 |
306 |
| 55 |
42 |
| 234 |
111 |
| 69 |
29 |
| 89 |
28 |
| 15 |
|
| 160 |
42 |
| 207 |
54 |
| No Religion |
519 |
402 |
117 |
| 32 |
9 |
| 126 |
45 |
| 40 |
16 |
| 50 |
23 |
| 3 |
1 |
| 66 |
13 |
| 85 |
10 |
| Unspecified |
1,935 |
1,067 |
868 |
| 74 |
55 |
| 300 |
250 |
| 145 |
109 |
| 187 |
158 |
| 32 |
7 |
| 149 |
118 |
| 180 |
171 |
| Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples |
3,300 |
2,178 |
1,122 |
| 131 |
82 |
| 616 |
329 |
| 221 |
100 |
| 304 |
165 |
| 87 |
15 |
| 353 |
171 |
| 466 |
260 |