TABLE XXIX.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religious Denominations, at the Census of 1891.
Religions Denominations. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Total 1,140,405 598,414 541,991
Total specified 1,117,528 583,690 533,838 100.00 100.00 100.00
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians 401,604 210,986 190,618 35.94 36.15 35.71
Protestants (not otherwise defined)* 15,578 8,714 6,864 1.39 1.49 1.29
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 163,149 84,713 78,436 14.60 14.51 14.69
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 3,850 1,995 1,855 0.34 0.34 0.34
Other Presbyterians (a) 28 17 11
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 134,841 66,957 67,884 12.07 11.47 12.72
Primitive Methodists 11,351 5,572 5,779 1.01 0.95 1.08
Bible Christians 9,579 4,682 4,897 0.86 0.80 0.92
United Methodist Free Church 2,269 1,104 1,165 0.20 0.19 0.22
Other Protestants—
Independents, Congregationalists 22,110 11,175 10,935 1.98 1.91 2.05
Baptists 27,883 13,497 14,386 2.50 2.31 2.69
Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ 8,267 3,942 4,325 0.74 0.68 0.81
Christians (not otherwise defined) 1,075 578 497 0.10 0.10 0.09
Christians, Plymouth—Brethren 1,069 508 561 0.10 0.09 0.11
Lutherans, German Protestants 15,529 9,895 5,634 1.39 1.70 1.05
Moravians, United Brethren 134 64 70 0.01 0.01 0.01
Calvinists, Calvinistic Methodists, Welsh Church 1,027 594 433 0.09 0.10 0.08
Society of Friends 360 222 138 0.03 0.04 0.03
Salvation Army 13,521 6,753 6,768 1.21 1.16 1.27
Unitarians 1,502 989 513 0.13 0.17 0.10
Other Protestants (b) 2,131 1,077 1,054 0.20 0.18 0.20