TABLE 7.—RELIGIONS OF THE POPULATION IN EACH MUNICIPALITY—continued., SECTION B.—Shires—continued.
Religious Denomination. CENTRAL DISTRICT—(OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA.)
25. Bulla. 26. Gisborne. 27. Melton. 28. Bacchus Marsh. 29. Ballan. 30. Bungaree.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL 2,125 1,015 1,110 2,221 1,053 1,168 1,233 674 559 2,561 1,336 1,225 5,594 2,902 2,692 4,260 2,307 1,953
Episcopalians—
Church of England 586 305 281 813 401 422 398 214 184 829 468 361 1,929 1,008 921 1,367 727 640
Protestant (so stated) 20 3 17 9 3 6 4 4 19 10 9 10 3 7 7 3 4
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria 364 173 191 550 257 293 268 127 141 503 255 248 757 383 374 348 196 152
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria 1 1 2 2
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodist (so stated) 80 39 41 81 37 44 114 64 50 129 65 64 672 331 341 549 267 282
Primitive Methodist (so stated) 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 20 10 10 51 27 24
All other 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 78 40 38 36 17 19
Other Protestants—
Independent (Congregationalist) 4 2 2 9 4 5 11 5 6 5 3 2 100 51 49 21 10 11
Baptist 18 9 9 8 1 7 3 2 1 109 50 59 48 27 21 38 24 14
Church of Christ, Disciple of Christ 2 2 1 1 7 4 3 17 8 9 7 4 3 4 1 3
Christian (so stated), &c. 1 1 1 1 3 3
Brethren, Christian Brethren 1 1
Lutheran (German Protestant) 17 10 7 19 11 8 5 5 1 1 10 9 1 22 15 7
Moravian (United Brethren)
Calvinistic Methodist 2 2 22 6 16 3 1 2
Friends (Society of) 1 1
Salvation Army 1 1 10 1 9 23 9 14 72 32 40 14 9 5
Unitarian 1 1 2 2
Miscellaneous 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 5 1 4 18 6 12
Catholics—
Roman Catholic 937 433 504 664 310 354 400 230 170 898 450 448 1,706 868 838 1,639 903 736
Catholic (so stated) 1 1 2 1 1 33 16 17 43 23 20
Greek Church
Other Christian Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church
Christian Israelite 10 7 3 3 3
New Church (Swedenborgian)
Spiritist, Spiritualist
No Denomination, No Sect (so stated) 9 5 4 2 2 4 2 2 10 6 4 7 6 1
Sundry 2 1 1 1 1
Non-Christian Religions—
Jew 1 1 4 1 3
Mohammedan 1 1 3 3 3 3
Buddhist, Hindu, Brahman 4 4 1 1
Confucian 6 6 46 46 24 24
Other
Sceptics, &c. 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 2 10 8 2 22 19 3 16 13 3
UnspecifiedObject to state 11 5 6 17 10 7 7 7 8 4 4 21 19 2 31 19 12
UnspecifiedOthers 60 20 40 3 2 1 1 1 10 10 15 9 6