TABLE 5.—RELIGIONS IN MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS (BOARD OF WORKS DISTRICT).
| Religious Denomination. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| TOTAL |
483,548 |
228,058 |
255,490 |
| TOTAL SPECIFIED |
477,236 |
224,455 |
252,781 |
| Episcopalians— |
|
|
|
| Church of England |
187,608 |
89,077 |
98,531 |
| Protestant (so stated) |
5,005 |
2,480 |
2,525 |
| Presbyterians— |
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria, &c. |
63,927 |
30,057 |
33,870 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
54 |
18 |
36 |
| Methodists— |
|
|
|
| Wesleyan Methodist (so stated) |
47,392 |
21,814 |
25,578 |
| Primitive Methodist (so stated) |
3,775 |
1,760 |
2,015 |
| All other |
5,459 |
2,483 |
2,976 |
| Other Protestants— |
|
|
|
| Independent (Congregationalist) |
10,555 |
4,918 |
5,637 |
| Baptist |
18,458 |
8,296 |
10,162 |
| Church of Christ, Disciple of Christ |
5,615 |
2,517 |
3,098 |
| Christian (so stated), &c. |
482 |
217 |
265 |
| Brethren, Christian Brethren |
855 |
399 |
456 |
| Lutheran (German Protestant) |
3,420 |
2,162 |
1,258 |
| Moravian (United Brethren) |
10 |
4 |
6 |
| Caivinistic Methodist |
443 |
215 |
228 |
| Friends (Society of) |
128 |
74 |
54 |
| Salvation Army |
3,657 |
1,498 |
2,159 |
| Unitarian |
555 |
304 |
251 |
| Miscellaneous |
2,286 |
1,033 |
1,253 |
| Catholics— |
|
|
|
| Roman Catholic |
101,293 |
45,303 |
55,990 |
| Catholic (so stated) |
1,679 |
716 |
963 |
| Greek Church |
284 |
204 |
80 |
| Other Christian Sects— |
|
|
|
| Catholic Apostolic Church |
360 |
152 |
208 |
| Christian Israelite |
194 |
101 |
93 |
| New Church (Swedenborgian) |
94 |
40 |
54 |
| Spiritist, Spiritualist |
717 |
338 |
379 |
| No Denomination, No Sect (so stated) |
3,171 |
1,889 |
1,282 |
| Sundry |
156 |
64 |
92 |
| NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. |
|
|
|
| Jew |
5,103 |
2,599 |
2,504 |
| Mohammedan |
98 |
89 |
9 |
| Buddhist, Hindu, Brahman |
223 |
220 |
3 |
| Confucian |
1,532 |
1,486 |
46 |
| Other |
163 |
96 |
67 |
| SCEPTICS, ETC. |
2,485 |
1,832 |
653 |
|
Unspecified —
|
|
|
|
| Object to state |
4,797 |
2,875 |
1,922 |
| Others |
1,515 |
728 |
787 |