New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 15

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✨ Census Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Census of New Zealand, 1891.—Religions of the People.—Schooling.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 15th February, 1892.

THE following tables, showing the results of the Census of last year as to religions of the people and attendance at school, are published for general information.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

TABLE showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females (exclusive of Maoris) belonging to the different Religious Denominations in New Zealand, according to the Census of April, 1891, compared with the Results of the Census of 1886.

Religious Denominations. Census 1891. Census 1886. Increase or Decrease.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Numerical. Centesimal.
Total all religions 626,658 332,877 293,781 578,482 48,176 8·33
Total specified.. 625,370 331,919 293,451 575,613 49,757 8·64
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined 250,945 132,774 118,171 229,757 21,188 9·22
Protestants (undescribed) 2,386 1,489 897 2,612 – 226 – 8·65
Presbyterians—
Church of Scotland, Free Church of Scotland, Free Presbyterians, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland, and Presbyterians otherwise defined 141,477 74,766 66,711 130,643 10,834 8·29
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 53,061 26,480 26,581 45,164 7,897 17·49
Methodists undefined 2,071 1,070 1,001 2,089 – 18 – ·86
Primitive Methodists 5,220 2,521 2,699 5,173 47 ·91
United Methodist Free Churches, Free Methodists, United Methodists 1,905 935 970 2,193 – 288 – 13·13
Bible Christians 1,069 555 514 539 530 98·33
Others 89 40 49 134 – 45 – 33·58
Baptists 14,825 7,113 7,712 14,357 468 3·26
Congregational Independents 6,685 3,249 3,436 7,787 –1,102 – 14·15
Lutheran, German Protestants 5,616 3,550 2,066 5,917 – 301 – 5·09
Unitarians 308 200 108 466 – 158 – 33·91
Society of Friends 315 203 112 282 33 11·70
Other Protestants—
Church of Christ (including Christian, Church of Christ, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) 5,241 2,494 2,747 4,110 1,131 27·52
Brethren (including Christian Brethren, Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) 3,537 1,704 1,833 3,179 358 11·26
Evangelists (including Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) 93 66 27 98 – 5 – 5·10
Nonconformists 77 49 28 91 – 14 – 15·38
Dissenters 42 23 19 66 – 24 – 36·36
Salvation Army 9,383 4,716 4,667 5,276 4,107 77·84
Christadelphians 700 358 342 635 65 10·24
Swedenborgians (including New Church, New Jerusalem Church) 178 86 92 168 10 5·95
Christian Israelites, Israelites.. 55 28 27 70 – 15 – 21·43
Other Protestants (variously returned).. 1,372* 685 687 412 960 233·01
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 85,856 44,218 41,638 79,020 6,836 8·65
Catholics (undefined).. 1,416 764 652 1,647 – 231 – 14·03
Greek Church.. 56 51 5 48 8 16·67
Catholic Apostolic 150 77 73 122 28 22·95
Other Sects—
Jews 1,463 774 689 1,559 – 96 – 6·16
Mormons, Latter-day Saints 206 119 87 188 18 9·57
Spiritualists.. 339 187 152 252 87 34·52
Buddhists, Pagans, Confucians 3,928 3,920 8 4,472 – 544 – 12·16
Others (variously returned) 154 125 29 179 – 25 – 13·96
No Denomination—
Freethinkers 4,475 3,384 1,091 3,925 550 14·01
Agnostic 322 221 101 207 115 55·56
Deists, Theists 51 40 11 83 – 32 – 38·55
Doubtful 405 243 162 51 354 694·12
No Denomination (variously returned).. 2,999† 1,824 1,175 1,780 1,219 68·48
No Religion 1,558‡ 1,155 403 973 558 37·55
Unspecified 1,288 958 330 2,869 –1,581 – 55·11
Object to state 15,342 9,663 5,679 19,889 –4,547 – 22·86
  • Including 193 Believers in Christ (103 males, 90 females); 415 Seventh-day Adventists (166 males, 249 females); 325 Students of Truth (174 males, 151 females). † Including 2,326 of No Denomination, so described (1,416 males, 910 females). ‡ Including 1,269 of No Religion, so described (931 males, 338 females); 123 Atheists (92 males, 31 females); 65 Secularists (43 males, 22 females).


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🎓 Census of New Zealand, 1891 - Religions of the People and Schooling

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
15 February 1892
Census, Statistics, Religions, Schooling, Demographics
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General