RELIGIONS IN MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS (GREATER MELBOURNE), 1881., TABLE XL.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religions, in Greater Melbourne, according to the returns of the Census of 1881.
Religious Denominations. Persons. Males. Females.
Total 282,947 139,006 143,941
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined) 110,470 54,655 55,815
Free Church of England 62 28 34
Protestants (not otherwise defined) 5,481 3,012 2,469
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 7,476 3,538 3,938
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 26,852 13,230 13,622
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 346 192 154
Free Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) 711 329 382
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters 11 2 9
Presbyterian Synod of Victoria 35 1 34
Other Presbyterians 115 59 56
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 23,654 11,356 12,298
United Methodist Free Church 630 318 312
New Connection Methodists 148 66 82
Primitive Methodists 1,264 588 676
Other Methodists 210 115 95
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists 10,725 5,177 5,548
Baptists 10,214 4,729 5,485
Bible Christians 834 426 408
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ 2,516 1,124 1,392
Lutherans, German Protestants 2,506 1,672 834
Moravians, United Brethren 39 9 30
Calvinists 136 71 65
Society of Friends 124 79 45
Unitarians 556 329 227
Other Protestants 641 341 300
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 60,825 27,593 33,232
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 2,281 1,084 1,197
Greek Church 26 23 3
Other Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church 248 115 133
Israelites and Christian Israelites 162 79 83
Latter-day Saints, or Mormons 7 6 1
New Church (Swedenborgians) 179 77 102
Spiritists and Spiritualists 530 275 255
Jews 3,395 1,877 1,518
Mahometans 30 30
Pagans 984 966 18
Other Sects 145 75 70
No Denomination 2,576 1,692 884
No Religion 1,014 766 248
Unspecified 1,414 731 683
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples 3,375 2,171 1,204