Religions in Detail, 1901., TABLE XXII.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of different Religious Denominations at the Census of 1901.
| Religious Denominations. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total Population |
1,201,341 |
603,883 |
597,458 |
| Total Specified Religions |
1,184,957 |
593,656 |
591,301 |
| CHRISTIAN |
|
|
|
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
| Church of England |
424,011 |
214,666 |
209,345 |
| "Protestant" (so stated) |
8,693 |
4,543 |
4,150 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria, &c.* |
190,725 |
95,562 |
95,163 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
778 |
381 |
397 |
| Methodists— |
|
|
|
| Wesleyan Methodist (so stated) |
144,851 |
69,947 |
74,904 |
| Primitive Methodist (so stated) |
14,723 |
7,294 |
7,429 |
| All other† |
20,698 |
10,042 |
10,656 |
| Other Protestants— |
|
|
|
| Independent (Congregationalist) |
17,141 |
8,173 |
8,968 |
| Baptist |
32,648 |
15,196 |
17,452 |
| Church of Christ—Disciple of Christ |
10,682 |
4,980 |
5,702 |
| Christian (so stated), &c.‡ |
744 |
366 |
378 |
| Brethren, Christian Brethren |
1,570 |
732 |
838 |
| Lutheran (German Protestant) |
13,935 |
8,338 |
5,597 |
| Moravian (United Brethren) |
144 |
74 |
70 |
| Calvinistic Methodist§ |
1,257 |
644 |
613 |
| Friends (Society of) |
251 |
143 |
108 |
| Salvation Army |
8,830 |
3,967 |
4,863 |
| Unitarian |
788 |
477 |
311 |
| Australian Church |
964 |
426 |
538 |
| Seventh Day Adventist |
1,086 |
436 |
650 |
| Christadelphian |
692 |
329 |
363 |
| Victorian Free Church |
11 |
7 |
4 |
| Free Christian, Christian Assembly |
71 |
40 |
31 |
| Evangelist |
31 |
19 |
12 |
| Church of the First Born |
91 |
50 |
41 |
| Missions— |
|
|
|
| Mission Hall |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| Chinese |
42 |
39 |
3 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
9 |
6 |
3 |
| Evangelical, Gospel |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| Town |
42 |
26 |
16 |
| Union |
2 |
2 |
|
| Sundry— |
|
|
|
| Apostolic, Contender for Apostolic Order and Principles |
6 |
1 |
5 |
| Believer, True Believer |
29 |
9 |
20 |
| Believer, in Bible, Bible only |
7 |
4 |
3 |
| Children's Church Try Society |
2 |
2 |
|
| Children in God through faith in Jesus Christ |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| Christian Endeavour |
1 |
1 |
|
| Christian Reformer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Church Army |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Church of God |
82 |
40 |
42 |
| Conditional Immortality |
17 |
9 |
8 |
| Danish Church |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Dutch Reformed Church |
15 |
13 |
2 |
| French Protestant (Huguenot) |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| German Christian |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| German Evangelical |
2 |
2 |
|
| German United |
1 |
1 |
|
| Glassite (Sandemanian) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Grace Walking Brethren |
1 |
1 |
|
| Nonconformist, Dis-enter |
12 |
7 |
5 |
| Primitive Christian |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Reformed Church, Reformer |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| Reformed Church of Switzerland (Zwinglian) |
9 |
8 |
1 |
| Relative of Jesus |
7 |
4 |
3 |
| Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| Other Protestants—continued. |
|
|
|
| Sundry—continued. |
|
|
|
| Sabbath Keeper |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Second Adventist |
10 |
5 |
5 |
| St. Paul's |
2 |
|
2 |
| Swedish Church |
1 |
1 |
|
| The Faith once delivered to the Saints |
1 |
1 |
|
| Universalist, Restorationist, Restitutionist |
16 |
11 |
5 |
| Welsh Church |
2 |
2 |
|
| Welsh Congregational |
1 |
|
1 |
| Welsh Zion |
1 |
|
1 |
| Y.M.C.A. |
5 |
1 |
4 |
| Protestant, unsectarian |
63 |
41 |
22 |
| Protestant, unspecified‖ |
250 |
130 |
120 |
| Catholics— |
|
|
|
| Roman Catholic |
260,016 |
126,968 |
133,048 |
| Catholic (so stated) |
3,694 |
1,835 |
1,859 |
| Greek Church |
367 |
277 |
90 |
| Other Christian Sects— |
|
|
|
| Catholic Apostolic Church |
460 |
195 |
265 |
| Christian Israelite |
258 |
141 |
117 |
| Latter-day Saint (Mormon) |
111 |
63 |
48 |
| New Church (Swedenborgian) |
146 |
69 |
77 |
| Spiritist, Spiritualist |
913 |
447 |
466 |
| Christian Catholic |
100 |
33 |
67 |
| No Denomination, No Sect (so stated) |
6,113 |
36,865 |
2,248 |
| Miscellaneous— |
|
|
|
| Armenian |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| Aryan |
1 |
1 |
|
| Catholic, but not Roman Catholic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Christian Agnostic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Christian Metaphysician |
11 |
5 |
6 |
| Christian Scientist |
66 |
26 |
40 |
| Christian Socialist |
10 |
5 |
5 |
| Christian Spiritist |
2 |
2 |
|
| Divine Healer |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Follower of Ruskin |
1 |
1 |
|
| Golden Rule |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Latitudinarian |
3 |
3 |
|
| Mennonite |
1 |
|
1 |
| Old Catholic |
2 |
2 |
|
| Peace and Holy Love |
1 |
1 |
|
| Providence |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Pure and Undefined Religion |
1 |
1 |
|
| Rational Christian |
1 |
|
1 |
| Religious Free Thought |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Roman Orthodox |
1 |
1 |
|
| Tolstoian |
1 |
1 |
|
| Trinity |
1 |
1 |
|
| Universal Catholic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Zion |
3 |
|
3 |
| NON-CHRISTIAN. |
|
|
|
| Jew |
5,907 |
3,051 |
2,856 |
| Mohammedan |
467 |
456 |
11 |
| Buddhist |
1,417 |
1,411 |
6 |
| Hindu, Brahman |
187 |
185 |
2 |
| Hindu Sikh |
8 |
8 |
|
| Confucian |
3,389 |
3,336 |
53 |
| Other Asiatic— |
|
|
|
| Druse (Syrian) |
7 |
7 |
|
| Taoist |
1 |
1 |
|
| Shinto |
2 |
2 |
|
| "Sing" (?Sinto or Shinto) |
1 |
1 |
|
| "Sanhus" |
1 |
1 |
|
| Zoroastrian |
1 |
1 |
|
| All other— |
|
|
|
| Believer in God |
5 |
5 |
|
| Bi-Deist |
1 |
1 |
|
| Deist, Theist |
51 |
44 |
7 |
| Deist, Rational |
1 |
1 |
|
| Electric |
1 |
1 |
|
| Esoteric Buddhist |
1 |
1 |
|
| God Absolute |
1 |
1 |
|
| "Historien" |
1 |
1 |
|
| Separatist |
8 |
6 |
2 |