RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN EACH AUSTRALASIAN COLONY, 1891 (EXCLUSIVE OF ABORIGINES).
Colony. Number of Persons of each Denomination.
Church of England. Presbyterians. Methodists(1) Independents. Baptists. Other Protestants(1) Roman Catholics. Jews. Buddhists, Confucians, &c. Residue.(2) Total.
MALES.
Victoria 219,573 86,665 78,297 11,171 13,494 24,581 126,017 3,540 6,623 28,128 598,089
New South Wales 272,009 59,438 56,358 12,108 6,683 15,573 149,390 3,038 10,187 23,219 608,003
Queensland 79,814 25,473 16,073 4,301 5,113 18,663 48,688 483 7827(3) 17,344 223,779
South Australia 46,718 9,491 37,757 5,663 8,169 20,008 23,626 436 4,107 10,826 166,801
Western Australia 14,640 1,286 2,443 822 170 331 7,127 82 841 1,772 29,514
Total 632,754 182,353 190,928 34,065 33,629 79,156 354,848 7,579 29,585 81,289 1,626,186
Tasmania 40,401 4,957 8,657 2,240 1,540 1,678 13,210 55 817 3,932 77,487
New Zealand 134,263 74,766 31,601 3,249 7,113 14,162 44,982 774 3,920 18,047 332,877
Total Males 807,418 262,076 231,186 39,554 42,282 94,996 413,040 8,408 34,322 103,268 2,036,550
FEMALES.
Victoria 197,378 80,246 79,711 10,928 14,384 19,972 122,568 2,919 123 13,522 541,751
New South Wales 234,859 49,945 53,752 12,004 6,425 10,679 137,527 2,446 75 8,239 515,951
Queensland 62,741 20,166 14,795 4,270 5,143 14,939 44,077 326 17(3) 3,465 169,939
South Australia 42,553 8,715 38,857 6,219 9,378 17,996 23,553 404 76 5,879 153,630
Western Australia 10,242 710 2,148 751 113 82 5,347 47 5 248 19,693
Total 547,773 159,782 189,263 34,172 35,443 63,668 333,072 6,142 296 31,353 1,400,964
Tasmania 35,609 4,789 8,482 2,257 1,742 1,483 12,566 29 8 2,076 69,041
New Zealand 119,068 66,711 31,814 3,436 7,712 12,755 42,290 689 8 9,298 293,781
Total Females 702,450 231,282 229,559 39,865 44,897 77,906 387,928 6,860 312 42,727 1,763,786
Both Sexes 1,509,868 493,358 460,745 79,419 87,179 172,902 800,968 15,268 34,634 145,995 3,800,336