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	5§	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