PROTESTANTS AND ROMAN CATHOLICS IN EACH AUSTRALASIAN COLONY, 1891 (EXCLUSIVE OF ABORIGINES).
| Colony. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per cent. |
| Protestants. |
Roman Catholics. |
Total. |
Protestants. |
Roman Catholics. |
| Victoria |
836,400 |
248,585 |
1,084,985 |
77.09 |
22.91 |
| New South Wales |
789,833 |
286,917 |
1,076,750 |
73.35 |
26.65 |
| Queensland |
271,491 |
92,765 |
364,256 |
74.54 |
25.46 |
| South Australia |
251,524 |
47,179 |
298,703 |
84.25 |
15.75 |
| Western Australia |
33,738 |
12,474 |
46,212 |
73.01 |
26.99 |
| Total |
2,182,986 |
687,920 |
2,870,906 |
76.04 |
23.96 |
| Tasmania |
113,835 |
25,776 |
139,611 |
81.54 |
18.46 |
| New Zealand |
506,650 |
87,272 |
593,922 |
85.31 |
14.69 |
| Grand Total |
2,803,471 |
800,968 |
3,604,439 |
77.78 |
22.22 |