TABLE XXXIV.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons of Different Religious Denominations at the last Eight Censuses.
Principal Sects. Persons.
1841. 1846. 1851. 1854. 1857. 1861. 1871. 1881.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Total 11,738 100.00 32,879 100.00 77,345 100.00 236,798 100.00 410,766 100.00 540,322 100.00 731,528 100.00 862,346 100.00
Church of England, and Protestants not otherwise defined 6,190 52.77 14,921 45.39 37,433 48.42 108,002 45.63 173,357 42.20 212,068 39.25 257,835 35.25 311,291 36.10
Presbyterians 2,044 17.42 5,856 17.81 11,608 15.00 42,235 17.84 65,151 15.86 87,084 16.12 112,983 15.45 132,591 15.37
Methodists 650 5.55 1,597 4.86 4,988 6.45 15,197 6.41 27,720 6.76 45,860 8.48 90,026 12.30 108,393 12.57
Other Protestants 346 2.95 1,169 3.55 4,313 5.57 18,058 7.63 26,800 6.53 35,551 6.56 56,482 7.73 66,117 7.67
Roman Catholics, and Catholics undefined 2,441 20.81 9,075 27.61 18,014 23.29 45,111 19.04 76,500 18.63 109,829 20.33 170,620 23.32 203,480 23.60
Jews 57 0.49 117 0.35 364 0.46 1,547 0.65 2,181 0.53 2,903 0.54 3,571 0.49 4,330 0.50
Residue of Population 10 0.01 144 0.43 625 0.81 6,648 2.80 39,057 9.49 47,027 8.72 40,011 5.46 36,144 4.19