Education of Children by Religious Denominations.—Numbers., TABLE XVIII.—Showing the Degree of Education possessed by Children of both Sexes, Boys, and Girls, between 5 and 10 10 and 15 Years of Age, of different Religious Denominations.
Religious Denominations. Able to Read and Write. Able to Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown.
5 to 10 Years. 10 to 15 Years. 5 to 10 Years. 10 to 15 Years. 5 to 10 Years. 10 to 15 Years. 5 to 10 Years. 10 to 15 Years.
Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls. Both Sexes. Boys. Girls.
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 16,358 8,304 8,054 26,308 13,164 13,144 10,959 5,391 5,568 2,357 1,243 1,114 9,255 4,716 4,539 951 589 362 304 152 152 117 56 61
Free Church of England 27 15 12 79 43 36 30 17 13 2 2 16 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 255 126 129 525 282 243 198 97 101 42 28 14 199 117 82 88 70 18 5 5 12 5 7
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 5,786 2,868 2,918 9,597 4,814 4,783 4,156 2,084 2,072 524 266 258 2,673 1,291 1,382 178 100 78 92 42 50 32 15 17
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and Free Presbyterians (undefined) 1,301 726 575 2,331 1,229 1,102 1,015 496 519 180 104 76 785 393 392 63 25 38 27 13 14 13 6 7
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters 14 7 7 24 10 14 24 13 11 1 1 13 6 7 2 2
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 626 319 307 1,129 548 581 410 208 202 71 38 33 311 167 144 39 30 9 12 6 6 3 2 1
Wesleyan Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 113 50 63 167 96 71 62 30 32 12 3 9 35 21 14 4 3 1 2 2 1 1
New Connection Methodists 24 10 14 26 11 15 18 8 10 4 1 3 1 1
Primitive Methodists 552 280 272 950 451 499 490 218 272 73 38 35 223 110 113 14 6 8 10 3 7 4 3 1
Bible Christians 389 194 195 496 243 253 256 130 126 38 14 24 118 63 55 11 6 5 3 2 1 1 1
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 6,091 3,146 2,945 10,170 5,021 5,149 4,190 2,088 2,102 611 309 302 2,279 1,093 1,186 139 87 52 37 18 19 17 4 13
Other Wesleyan Methodists 11 4 7 7 1 6 1 1 2 2
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 1,546 813 733 2,245 1,089 1,156 740 360 380 64 31 33 448 239 209 16 12 4 8 1 7 4 2 2
Baptists 1,241 590 651 1,917 942 975 667 320 347 61 28 33 409 206 203 23 17 6 10 7 3 8 4 4
Lutherans, German Protestants 470 239 231 747 388 359 208 106 102 41 16 25 369 202 167 26 16 10 15 8 7
Disciples of Christ, Christians 268 135 133 507 246 261 162 63 99 19 9 10 114 58 56
Moravians, United Brethren 1 1 9 7 2 2 2 1 1 9 5 4 2 2
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 61 50 11 119 58 61 58 22 36 4 1 3 41 18 23 4 2 2 5 3 2
Society of Friends 46 13 33 30 17 13 10 5 5 8 5 3
Unitarians 69 37 32 87 51 36 35 23 12 2 1 1 22 11 11 1 1
Other Protestants 145 101 44 245 152 93 26 11 15 1 1 17 7 10
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 8,787 4,430 4,357 16,291 7,932 8,359 8,202 4,060 4,142 1,874 929 945 8,280 4,183 4,097 [Illegible] [Illegible] 390 233 106 127 91 39 52
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 140 78 62 238 110 128 116 54 62 32 18 14 127 52 75 16 9 1 1 8 6 2
Greek Church 2 1 1 5 3 2 5 2 3 8 3 5 1 1 1
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 23 11 12 28 13 15 14 9 5 2 2 8 5 3
Israelites and Christian Israelites 19 12 7 35 8 27 10 7 3 4 2 2 5 2 3 1 1
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 3 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 4 4
Jews 318 144 174 411 224 187 101 51 50 9 2 7 91 46 45 4 4 1 1
Mahometans 1 1 1 1
Pagans 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 5 9 9
Other Sects 59 37 22 66 31 35 27 12 15 8 3 5
No Denomination 106 50 56 219 103 116 87 51 36 13 10 3 47 26 21 8 5 3 2 2
No Religion 21 6 15 47 30 17 27 14 13 18 12 6 52 20 32 45 29 16
Unspecified 297 75 222 344 190 154 504 305 199 47 26 21 360 205 155 60 22 38 67 49 18 42 15 27
Objecting to state their Religion from conscientious scruples 535 269 266 910 491 419 427 246 181 58 35 23 332 180 152 22 15 7 12 3 9 3 2 1
Total 45,702 23,140 22,562 76,313 38,000 38,313 33,244 16,504 16,740 6,162 3,168 2,994 26,680 13,474 13,206 2,733 1,674 1,059 853 421 432 357 160 197