TABLE XXXVI.—Showing the Proportion of Males and Females in every Hundred Persons, of each Religious Denomination, at the last Four Censuses.
Religious Denominations. Proportion of the Sexes in every Hundred Persons living in—
1857. 1861. 1871. 1881.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females.
Total of Victoria 64.35 35.65 60.83 39.17 54.82 45.18 52.42 47.58
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 62.99 37.01 60.04 39.96 55.37 44.63 52.73 47.27
Free Church of England 59.17 40.83 52.64 47.36 52.55 47.45 34.55 65.45
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 70.78 29.22 71.23 28.77 63.33 36.67 56.23 43.77
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 54.07 45.93 52.80 47.20 51.99 48.01
Church of Scotland 62.34 37.66 59.64 40.36
United Presbyterians 59.03 40.97 57.40 42.60
Free Church of Scotland 58.62 41.38 57.27 42.73
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 65.85 34.15 62.89 37.11 56.33 43.67
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 55.56 44.44 53.88 46.12 48.89 51.11
Free Presbyterian (undefined) 55.56 44.44 58.03 41.97
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters 50.00 50.00 58.39 41.61 54.43 45.57 48.25 51.75
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) 58.20 41.80 54.91 45.09 51.27 48.73 49.92 50.08
United Methodist Free Church 54.18 45.82 50.75 49.25 51.51 48.49 51.02 48.98
New Connection Methodists 57.14 42.86 73.33 26.67 41.48 58.52 43.40 56.60
Primitive Methodists 60.52 39.48 56.37 43.63 50.32 49.68 50.12 49.88
Other Methodists 52.34 47.66 78.26 21.74 43.75 56.25 44.98 55.02
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 58.28 41.72 55.34 44.66 51.45 48.55 49.60 50.40
Baptists 57.52 42.48 55.43 44.57 50.00 50.00 47.60 52.40
Bible Christians 51.49 48.51 54.22 45.78 49.88 50.12 49.25 50.75
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ 71.01 28.99 57.82 42.18 48.45 51.55 47.36 52.64
Christian, Plymouth—Brethren 71.55 28.45 46.63 53.37 56.17 43.83
Lutherans, German Protestants 79.61 20.39 75.87 24.13 68.25 31.75 65.35 34.65
Moravians, United Brethren 71.93 28.07 59.62 40.38 56.99 43.01 50.00 50.00
Calvinists 71.37 28.63 75.69 24.31 59.71 40.29 58.99 41.01
Society of Friends 73.23 26.77 70.33 29.67 62.16 37.84 64.54 35.46
Unitarians 70.52 29.48 69.16 30.84 65.06 34.94 63.91 36.09
Other Protestants 78.80 21.20 71.96 28.04 62.90 37.10 55.20 44.80
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 55.28 44.72 54.31 45.69 50.67 49.33 49.45 50.55
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 59.45 40.55 57.91 42.09 49.02 50.98 49.87 50.13
Greek Church 97.64 2.36 94.56 5.44 91.87 8.13 92.23 7.77
Other Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church 71.20 28.80 50.00 50.00 51.08 48.92 46.74 53.26
Israelites and Christian Israelites 60.59 39.41 56.20 43.80 50.18 49.82 52.10 47.90
Latter-day Saints, or Mormons 78.84 21.16 83.33 16.67 80.41 19.59 86.67 13.33
New Church (Swedenborgians) 57.67 42.33 63.13 36.87 64.65 35.35 47.60 52.40
Spiritists and Spiritualists 83.33 16.67 80.00 20.00 56.73 43.27 50.88 49.12
Jews 69.51 30.49 63.97 36.03 56.29 43.71 55.33 44.67
Mahometans 98.61 1.39 94.18 5.82 99.20 0.80 99.10 0.90
Pagans 98.06 1.94 97.56 2.44 99.83 0.17 99.67 0.33
Other Sects 73.91 26.09 74.38 25.62 65.92 34.08 55.59 44.41
No Denomination 84.92 15.08 79.94 20.06 68.69 31.31 67.78 32.22
No Religion 92.66 7.34 90.25 9.75 71.21 28.79 76.52 23.48
Unspecified 82.75 17.25 83.77 16.23 57.43 42.57 59.59 40.41
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples 65.94 34.06 63.47 36.53 66.56 33.44