TABLE XXXIX.—Showing the Number of Persons of different Religions in the Colony of Victoria, in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in the Shires, in Places Outside Local Jurisdiction, and on the Goldfields ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Religion to the Totals of their respective Divisions., The numbers in the colony are made up of the sum of those in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires, and in Places Outside Local Jurisdiction. The numbers on the Goldfields are more or less scattered over all the divisions.
Religious Denominations. The Colony. Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. Shires. Places Outside Local Jurisdiction. Goldfields.
Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Total 862,346 435,443 421,025 5,878 230,944
Total specified 847,291 100.000 427,612 100.00 413,955 100.000 5,724 100.000 227,611 100.000
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 299,542 35.353 157,309 36.788 140,077 33.839 2,156 37.666 75,945 33.366
Free Church of England 110 0.013 66 0.015 44 0.011 13 0.006
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 11,639 1.374 6,839 1.599 4,489 1.084 311 5.433 2,154 0.946
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 37,162 4.386 14,068 3.290 22,996 5.555 98 1.713 9,287 4.080
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 89,087 10.514 40,442 9.458 48,070 11.613 575 10.045 20,094 8.828
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 2,804 0.331 682 0.159 2,092 0.504 30 0.524 443 0.195
Free Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 2,944 0.348 1,086 0.254 1,838 0.444 20 0.349 754 0.332
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters 114 0.013 89 0.021 25 0.006 6 0.003
Presbyterian Synod of Victoria 42 0.005 35 0.008 6 0.001 1 0.017
Other Presbyterians 438 0.052 191 0.045 243 0.059 4 0.070 113 0.050
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 97,115 11.462 52,715 12.328 44,150 10.666 250 4.368 38,837 17.064
United Methodist Free Church 1,625 0.192 1,103 0.258 522 0.126 457 0.201
New Connection Methodists 159 0.019 149 0.035 10 0.002 1
Primitive Methodists 8,707 1.028 4,585 1.072 4,109 0.992 13 0.227 3,952 1.732
Other Methodists(1) 787 0.093 436 0.102 336 0.081 15 0.262 292 0.128
Other Protestants—
Independents or Congregationalists 19,878 2.346 14,520 3.396 5,266 1.273 92 1.607 4,735 2.080
Baptists 20,373 2.404 14,404 3.369 5,865 1.417 104 1.817 3,965 1.742
Bible Christians 6,660 0.786 3,567 0.834 3,085 0.745 8 0.140 3,298 1.449
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ 4,859 0.573 3,037 0.710 1,795 0.434 27 0.472 996 0.438
Lutherans, German Protestants 11,149 1.316 4,012 0.939 6,950 1.679 187 3.267 2,762 1.214
Moravians, United Brethren 172 0.020 41 0.010 131 0.032 1
Calvinists 712 0.084 413 0.097 297 0.072 2 0.035 383 0.168
Society of Friends 282 0.033 172 0.040 107 0.026 3 0.052 95 0.042
Unitarians 942 0.111 650 0.152 286 0.069 6 0.105 148 0.065
Other Protestants(1) 1,090 0.129 761 0.178 324 0.078 5 0.087 151 0.066
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 197,157 23.269 89,204 20.861 106,479 25.723 1,474 25.751 47,254 20.762
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 6,323 0.746 3,329 0.778 2,912 0.702 82 1.433 1,424 0.626
Greek Church 103 0.012 51 0.012 50 0.012 2 0.035 45 0.020
Other Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church 383 0.045 302 0.071 81 0.020 84 0.037
Israelites and Christian Israelites 238 0.028 181 0.042 57 0.014 22 0.010
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 15 0.002 9 0.002 6 0.001 3 0.001
New Church (Swedenborgians) 292 0.034 189 0.044 102 0.025 1 0.017 22 0.010
Spiritists and Spiritualists 853 0.101 647 0.151 204 0.049 2 0.035 199 0.088
Jews 4,330 0.511 4,061 0.949 269 0.065 665 0.292
Mahometans 111 0.013 23 0.005 66 0.016 22 0.384 50 0.022
Pagans 11,159 1.317 3,495 0.817 7,520 1.817 144 2.516 7,179 3.154
Other Sects(1) 349 0.041 198 0.046 148 0.036 3 0.052 125 0.055
No Denomination(1) 4,979 0.588 3,193 0.747 1,727 0.417 59 1.032 970 0.426
No Religion(1) 2,607 0.308 1,358 0.318 1,221 0.295 28 0.489 687 0.302
Unspecified 6,457 3,088 3,291 78 1,188
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples 8,598 4,743 3,779 76 2,145