GENERAL SUMMARY.—THE COLONY; CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS; SHIRES; PLACES OUTSIDE LOCAL JURISDICTION., TABLE III.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Persons, Males and Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines), of different Religions in the Colony of Victoria; in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs; in the Shires; and in Palces outside Local Jurisdiction.
Religious Denominations. THE COLONY. CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS. SHIRES. PLACES OUTSIDE LOCAL JURISDICTION.*
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL POPULATION 1,130,463 589,317 541,146 615,396 306,060 309,336 511,366 280,349 231,017 3,701 2,908 793
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians 400,664 210,367 190,297 225,633 112,898 112,735 174,181 96,702 77,479 850 767 83
Protestants (not otherwise defined)* 15,529 8,681 6,848 9,395 5,010 4,385 5,990 3,541 2,449 144 130 14
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 162,863 84,523 78,340 75,834 37,816 38,018 86,639 46,348 40,291 390 359 31
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 3,849 1,994 1,855 1,414 678 736 2,427 1,308 1,119 8 8
Other Presbyterians 29 18 11 19 10 9 10 8 2
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 134,486 66,685 67,801 75,867 36,309 39,558 58,514 30,295 28,219 105 81 24
Primitive Methodists 11,346 5,570 5,776 6,676 3,185 3,491 4,670 2,385 2,285
Bible Christians 9,579 4,682 4,897 4,763 2,275 2,488 4,816 2,407 2,409
United Methodist Free Church 2,268 1,103 1,165 1,144 544 600 1,124 559 565
Other Protestants—
Independents, Congregationalists 22,093 11,167 10,926 15,591 7,769 7,822 6,474 3,370 3,104 28 28
Baptists 27,871 13,489 14,382 19,805 9,345 10,460 8,030 4,114 3,916 36 30 6
Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ 8,266 3,942 4,324 5,071 2,364 2,707 3,192 1,576 1,616 3 2 1
Christians (not otherwise defined) 1,065 568 497 747 385 362 315 181 134 3 2 1
Christians, Plymouth—Brethren 1,069 508 561 763 365 398 306 143 163
Lutherans, German Protestants 15,528 9,895 5,633 5,645 3,581 2,064 9,520 5,955 3,565 363 359 4
Moravians, United Brethren 69 20 49 27 4 23 42 16 26
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists, Welsh Church 1,027 594 433 776 422 354 234 155 79 17 17
Society of Friends 360 222 138 183 106 77 175 114 61 2 2
Salvation Army 13,500 6,743 6,757 8,781 4,245 4,536 4,718 2,497 2,221 1 1
Unitarians 1,502 989 513 1,063 669 394 437 318 119 2 2
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 240,078 121,631 118,447 120,184 56,330 63,854 119,600 65,043 54,557 294 258 36
Catholics (not otherwise defined) 8,276 4,261 4,015 4,444 2,164 2,280 3,805 2,075 1,730 27 22 5
Greek Church 247 206 41 170 146 24 75 58 17 2 2
Other Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church 407 206 201 284 137 147 123 69 54
Israelites, Christian Israelites 293 145 148 222 115 107 71 30 41
New Church, Swedenborgians 305 156 149 222 114 108 83 42 41
Spiritists, Spiritualists 790 422 368 639 340 299 151 82 69
Jews 6,459 3,540 2,919 6,002 352 2,750 452 284 168 5 4 1
Mohammedans 237 225 12 120 111 9 102 99 3 15 15
Other Denominations 2,321 1,223 1,098 1,732 871 861 588 351 237 1 1
No Denomination 12,830 9,111 3,719 7,995 5,507 2,488 4,786 3,558 1,228 49 46 3
No Religion 2,924 2,215 709 1,862 1,363 499 1,033 823 210 29 29
Unspecified 9,220 5,361 3,859 4,407 2,425 1,982 3,509 2,213 1,296 1,304 723 581
Object to state their Religious Belief 13,113 8,855 4,258 7,916 5,205 2,711 5,174 3,630 1,544 23 20 3