RELIGIONS, 1854-1881.NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS., TABLE XXXV.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religious Denominations, at the last Five Censuses—continued.
| Religious Denominations. |
1871. |
1881. |
| Numbers. |
Proportion per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total |
731,528 |
401,050 |
330,478 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
862,346 |
452,083 |
410,263 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) |
251,328 |
139,166 |
112,162 |
34.36 |
34.70 |
33.94 |
299,542 |
157,937 |
141,605 |
34.74 |
34.94 |
34.52 |
| Free Church of England |
510 |
268 |
242 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
110 |
38 |
72 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
5,997 |
3,798 |
2,199 |
0.82 |
0.95 |
0.67 |
11,639 |
6,545 |
5,094 |
1.35 |
1.45 |
1.24 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
81,839 |
43,210 |
38,629 |
11.19 |
10.77 |
11.69 |
126,729 |
65,888 |
60,841 |
14.69 |
14.57 |
14.83 |
| Church of Scotland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| United Presbyterians |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Free Church of Scotland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
10,679 |
6,015 |
4,664 |
1.46 |
1.50 |
1.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
9,513 |
5,126 |
4,387 |
1.30 |
1.28 |
1.33 |
5,748 |
2,810 |
2,938 |
0.67 |
0.62 |
0.71 |
| Free Presbyterians (undefined) |
10,647 |
6,178 |
4,469 |
1.46 |
1.54 |
1.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters |
305 |
166 |
139 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
114 |
55 |
59 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| Methodists— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyan Methodists (not otherwise defined) |
80,491 |
41,264 |
39,227 |
11.00 |
10.29 |
11.87 |
97,115 |
48,481 |
48,634 |
11.26 |
10.72 |
11.86 |
| United Methodists Free Church |
1,326 |
683 |
643 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
1,625 |
829 |
796 |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.19 |
| New Connection Methodists |
229 |
95 |
134 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
159 |
69 |
90 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
| Primitive Methodists |
7,900 |
3,975 |
3,925 |
1.08 |
0.99 |
1.19 |
8,707 |
4,364 |
4,343 |
1.01 |
0.97 |
1.06 |
| Other Methodists1 |
80 |
35 |
45 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
787 |
354 |
433 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
| Other Protestants— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Independents, or Congregationalists |
18,191 |
9,359 |
8,832 |
2.49 |
2.33 |
2.67 |
19,878 |
9,859 |
10,019 |
2.31 |
2.18 |
2.44 |
| Baptists |
16,311 |
8,156 |
8,155 |
2.23 |
2.03 |
2.47 |
20,373 |
9,698 |
10,675 |
2.36 |
2.15 |
2.60 |
| Bible Christians |
4,194 |
2,092 |
2,102 |
0.57 |
0.52 |
0.64 |
6,660 |
3,280 |
3,380 |
0.77 |
0.73 |
0.82 |
| Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ |
3,540 |
1,715 |
1,825 |
0.48 |
0.43 |
0.55 |
4,859 |
2,301 |
2,558 |
0.57 |
0.51 |
0.62 |
| Christian, Plymouth—Brethren |
193 |
90 |
103 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
648 |
364 |
284 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
0.07 |