TABLE XXX.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religions in the District under the jurisdiction of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, according to the Returns of the Census of 1891. (Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.)
| Religious Denominations. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total* |
474,440 |
237,413 |
237,027 |
| Church of England |
182,579 |
91,079 |
91,500 |
| Protestants (so stated) |
8,242 |
4,401 |
3,841 |
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
57,129 |
28,678 |
28,451 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
982 |
484 |
498 |
| Other Presbyterians |
19 |
10 |
9 |
| Wesleyan Methodists |
46,952 |
22,858 |
24,094 |
| Primitive Methodists |
3,141 |
1,473 |
1,668 |
| Bible Christians |
1,892 |
918 |
974 |
| United Methodists |
605 |
294 |
311 |
| Independents, Congregationalists |
13,651 |
6,790 |
6,861 |
| Baptists |
16,606 |
7,834 |
8,772 |
| Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ |
4,601 |
2,155 |
2,446 |
| Christians (so stated) |
577 |
294 |
283 |
| Christian Brethren, Plymouth Brethren |
643 |
309 |
334 |
| Lutherans |
4,385 |
2,812 |
1,573 |
| Moravians, United Brethren |
14 |
4 |
10 |
| Calvinists, Welsh Church |
451 |
260 |
191 |
| Society of Friends |
280 |
104 |
176 |
| Salvation Army |
5,680 |
2,858 |
2,822 |
| Unitarians |
1,018 |
617 |
401 |
| Roman Catholics |
93,123 |
43,924 |
49,199 |
| Catholics (so stated) |
3,431 |
1,714 |
1,717 |
| Greek Church |
156 |
129 |
27 |
| Catholic Apostolic Church |
245 |
122 |
123 |
| Israelites |
209 |
106 |
103 |
| New Church (Swedenborgians) |
204 |
106 |
98 |
| Spiritualists |
620 |
320 |
300 |
| Jews |
5,510 |
2,963 |
2,547 |
| Mohammedans |
86 |
79 |
7 |
| Other Denominations |
1,484 |
787 |
697 |
| No Denomination |
7,243 |
4,944 |
2,299 |
| No Religion |
1,709 |
1,219 |
490 |
| Unspecified |
3,977 |
2,203 |
1,774 |
| Object to state their Religious Belief |
6,996 |
4,565 |
2,431 |