RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN EACH AUSTRALASIAN COLONY, 1881.
Colony. Number of Persons of each Denomination.* Total.
Church of England. Presbyterians. Methodists. Independents. Baptists. Other Protestants. Roman Catholics. Jews. Pagans. Residue.†
MALES.
Victoria 164,520 68,753 54,097 9,859 9,698 14,765 100,644 2,396 11,122 16,229 452,083
New South Wales 187,055 40,162 32,965 7,126 3,833 9,984 108,533 1,858 9,285 10,348 411,149
Queensland 42,359 12,687 7,479 2,470 2,818 10,315 28,528 278 16486‡ 1,905 125,325
South Australia 40,991 9,531 26,506 5,047 6,680 24,830 21,871 412 4146§ 9,516 149,530
Western Australia 9,573 633 1,096 656 4,537 567 17,062
Total 444,498 131,766 122,143 25,158 23,029 59,894 264,113 4,944 41,039 38,565 1,155,149
New Zealand 111,653 61,543 23,646 3,449 5,785 7,588 36,963 844 4,931 13,203 269,605
Total Males 556,151 193,309 145,789 28,607 28,814 67,482 301,076 5,788 45,970 51,768 1,424,754
FEMALES.
Victoria 146,771 63,838 54,296 10,019 10,675 11,101 102,836 1,934 37 8,756 410,263
New South Wales 155,304 32,383 31,387 7,202 3,474 5,637 99,073 1,408 60 4,391 340,319
Queensland 31,561 9,922 6,872 2,294 2,765 7,838 25,848 179 385‡ 536 88,200
South Australia 34,821 8,386 26,282 4,861 7,299 21,392 20,757 350 6,182 130,335
Western Australia 6,690 371 988 606 3,876 115 12,646
Total 375,147 114,900 119,825 24,982 24,213 45,968 252,390 3,871 487 19,980 981,763
New Zealand 91,680 51,565 22,636 3,250 5,691 5,485 32,021 692 5 7,303 220,328
Total Females 466,827 166,465 142,461 28,232 29,904 51,453 284,411 4,563 492 27,283 1,202,091
BOTH SEXES 1,022,978 359,774 288,250 56,839 58,718 118,935 585,487 10,351 46,462 79,051 2,626,845