Summary by Electoral, Provinces., TABLE III.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males and Females, in each Electoral Province.
Religious Denominations. Total of Electoral Provinces. Melbourne. North Yarra. South Yarra. Southern.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL 858,549 449,173 409,376 89,264 44,481 44,783 79,813 38,902 40,911 77,274 36,270 41,004 54,028 28,895 25,133
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 299,036 157,471 141,565 33,017 16,591 16,426 29,630 14,654 14,976 33,334 15,829 17,505 18,429 9,927 8,502
Free Church of England 110 38 72 2 2 54 28 26 11 11
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 11,372 6,290 5,082 1,546 868 678 2,579 1,367 1,212 694 331 363 610 367 243
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 37,138 19,068 18,070 2,213 1,039 1,174 1,958 967 991 2,308 1,063 1,245 3,455 1,747 1,708
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 88,748 46,358 42,390 7,857 3,955 3,902 6,962 3,489 3,473 8,608 4,014 4,594 5,375 2,791 2,584
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 2,801 1,397 1,404 111 69 42 114 47 67 79 45 34 141 72 69
Free Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 3,033 1,398 1,635 177 127 50 208 51 157 274 118 156 134 70 64
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters 114 55 59 3 1 2 1 1 14 2 12
Presbyterian Synod of Victoria 42 7 35 1 1 34 34
Other Presbyterians 451 229 222 32 28 4 35 11 24 34 16 18 10 6 4
Methodists—
United Methodist Free Church 1,625 829 796 114 53 61 299 139 160 110 68 42 73 41 32
New Connection Methodists 159 69 90 111 49 62 37 17 20
Primitive Methodists 8,707 4,364 4,343 235 122 113 305 138 167 149 70 79 637 305 332
Wesleyan Methodists 97,076 48,451 48,625 5,920 2,840 3,080 7,527 3,608 3,919 5,940 2,731 3,209 5,171 2,750 2,421
Other Methodists 775 342 433 24 21 3 93 48 45 36 14 22 65 39 26
Other Protestants—
Independents or Congregationalists 19,846 9,831 10,015 3,203 1,522 1,681 2,422 1,242 1,180 4,112 1,938 2,174 749 383 366
Baptists 20,357 9,686 10,671 2,520 1,169 1,351 3,462 1,594 1,868 2,713 1,230 1,483 1,209 611 598
Bible Christians 6,658 3,278 3,380 193 82 111 476 247 229 98 52 46 75 51 24
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ 4,859 2,301 2,558 665 311 354 1,092 499 593 499 194 305 207 85 122
Lutherans, German Protestants 11,054 7,192 3,862 1,050 678 372 564 352 212 493 350 143 564 378 186
Moravians, United Brethren 172 86 86 4 3 1 12 2 10 22 3 19 9 2 7
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists 711 420 291 40 21 19 80 43 37 7 5 2 52 26 26
Society of Friends 281 181 100 35 28 7 12 11 1 69 34 35 11 9 2
Unitarians 941 601 340 182 99 83 135 83 52 196 121 75 47 28 19
Other Protestants 1,085 603 482 170 81 89 131 58 73 211 95 116 92 74 18
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 196,693 97,041 99,652 23,069 10,446 12,623 16,843 7,443 9,400 13,822 5,935 7,887 15,064 7,805 7,259
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 6,263 3,099 3,164 781 373 408 1,003 472 531 183 74 109 304 153 151
Greek Church 103 95 8 13 11 2 13 12 1 1 1
Other Sects—
Catholic and Apostolic Church 383 179 204 80 37 43 80 33 47 75 40 35 15 5 10
Israelites and Christian Israelites 238 124 114 42 23 19 95 46 49 12 4 8 16 9 7
Latter-day Saints or Mormons 15 13 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
New Church (Swedenborgians) 291 139 152 67 31 36 73 34 39 32 10 22 7 3 4
Spiritists and Spiritualists 853 434 419 292 154 138 127 61 66 83 43 40 24 15 9
Jews 4,330 2,396 1,934 1,960 1,081 879 752 406 346 629 354 275 32 23 9
Mahometans 89 88 1 7 7 2 2 2 2 3 3
Pagans 11,150 11,113 37 716 702 14 89 88 1 75 75 393 389 4
Other Sects 349 194 155 35 16 19 35 19 16 70 35 35 7 7
No Denomination 4,969 3,365 1,604 841 592 249 655 457 198 875 511 364 226 158 68
No Religion 2,599 1,988 611 392 303 89 297 208 89 203 162 41 129 105 24
Unspecified 4,487 2,649 1,838 444 217 227 575 301 274 242 124 118 203 137 66
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples 8,586 5,711 2,875 1,098 728 370 998 635 363 934 566 368 464 325 139