Numbers and Proportions per Cent. at Successive Censuses.—(XX.), TABLE IV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religions, living in Victoria in 1854, 1857, 1861, and 1871, and the Proportions per Cent. of those belonging to each Sect to the respective Totals at each of those periods.
| Religious Denominations. |
1854. |
1857. |
1861. |
1871. |
| Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
| Persons. |
Persons. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| TOTAL OF VICTORIA |
236,798 |
100.00 |
410,766 |
264,234 |
146,432 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
540,322 |
328,651 |
211,671 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
731,528 |
401,050 |
330,478 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) |
99,978 |
42.22 |
157,818 |
99,409 |
58,409 |
38.42 |
37.61 |
39.89 |
205,695 |
123,503 |
82,192 |
38.07 |
37.57 |
38.83 |
251,328 |
139,166 |
112,162 |
34.36 |
34.70 |
33.94 |
| Free Church of England |
|
|
218 |
129 |
89 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
454 |
239 |
215 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.10 |
510 |
268 |
242 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
8,024 |
3.39 |
15,321 |
10,844 |
4,477 |
3.73 |
4.10 |
3.06 |
5,919 |
4,216 |
1,703 |
1.10 |
1.28 |
0.80 |
5,997 |
3,798 |
2,199 |
0.82 |
0.95 |
0.67 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,053 |
2,732 |
2,321 |
0.94 |
0.83 |
1.09 |
81,839 |
43,210 |
38,629 |
11.19 |
10.77 |
11.69 |
| Church of Scotland |
16,924 |
7.15 |
27,828 |
17,347 |
10,481 |
6.77 |
6.56 |
7.16 |
36,917 |
22,016 |
14,901 |
6.83 |
6.70 |
7.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| United Presbyterians |
2,841 |
1.21 |
9,315 |
5,499 |
3,816 |
2.27 |
2.08 |
2.61 |
16,734 |
9,606 |
7,128 |
3.10 |
2.95 |
3.37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Free Church of Scotland |
12,033 |
5.08 |
19,341 |
11,337 |
8,004 |
4.71 |
4.29 |
5.47 |
19,362 |
11,088 |
8,274 |
3.58 |
3.37 |
3.91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Free Presbyterians (undefined) |
129 |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,811 |
1,006 |
805 |
0.34 |
0.31 |
0.38 |
10,647 |
6,178 |
4,469 |
1.46 |
1.54 |
1.35 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 |
15 |
12 |
0.01 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
9,513 |
5,126 |
4,387 |
1.30 |
1.28 |
1.33 |
| Reformed Presbyterians |
24 |
0.01 |
60 |
30 |
30 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
149 |
87 |
62 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
305 |
166 |
139 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
10,243 |
4.32 |
8,443 |
5,568 |
2,875 |
2.06 |
2.11 |
1.96 |
6,835 |
4,278 |
2,557 |
1.26 |
1.30 |
1.21 |
10,673 |
6,009 |
4,664 |
1.46 |
1.50 |
1.41 |
| Others* |
41 |
0.02 |
164 |
100 |
64 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
196 |
144 |
52 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.02 |
6 |
6 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Wesleyan Methodists— |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| United Methodist Free Church |
384 |
0.16 |
801 |
434 |
367 |
0.19 |
0.16 |
0.25 |
1,202 |
610 |
592 |
0.22 |
0.19 |
0.28 |
1,326 |
683 |
643 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
| New Connection Methodists |
23 |
0.01 |
28 |
16 |
12 |
0.01 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
229 |
95 |
134 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
| Primitive Methodists |
738 |
0.31 |
2,044 |
1,237 |
807 |
0.50 |
0.47 |
0.55 |
3,775 |
2,128 |
1,647 |
0.70 |
0.65 |
0.78 |
7,900 |
3,975 |
3,925 |
1.08 |
0.99 |
1.19 |
| Bible Christians |
87 |
0.04 |
268 |
138 |
130 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
651 |
353 |
298 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.14 |
4,194 |
2,092 |
2,102 |
0.57 |
0.52 |
0.64 |
| Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) |
13,989 |
5.91 |
24,740 |
14,399 |
10,341 |
6.02 |
5.45 |
7.06 |
40,799 |
22,401 |
18,398 |
7.55 |
6.81 |
8.69 |
80,491 |
41,264 |
39,227 |
11.00 |
10.29 |
11.87 |
| Others* |
63 |
0.03 |
107 |
56 |
51 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
69 |
54 |
15 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
80 |
35 |
45 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |