New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 81

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✨ Census Religious Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Census, 1896.—Religions of the People.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1896.

THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken in April last, as regards the religions of the people, are published for general information.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

NUMBERS FOR EACH DENOMINATION, AND INCREASE.

TABLE I.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, belonging to the different Religious Denominations in New Zealand, according to the Census of April, 1896, compared with the Results of the Census of 1891.

Religious Denominations. Census 1896. Census 1891. Increase or Decrease.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Numerical. Centesimal.
Total population.. 703,360 371,415 331,945 626,658 76,702 12·24
Total for specified religions 702,238 370,637 331,601 625,370 76,868 12·29
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined 281,166 148,171 132,995 250,945 30,221 12·04
Protestants (undescribed) 1,643 996 647 2,386 — 743 — 31·14
Presbyterians .. 159,952 84,259 75,693 141,477 18,475 13·06
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists* 63,373 31,481 31,892 56,035 7,338 13·10
Primitive Methodists 7,041 3,449 3,592 5,220 1,821 34·89
Methodists (undefined) 2,893 1,476 1,417 2,071 822 39·69
Others 60 34 26 89 — 29 ..
Baptists 16,037 7,690 8,347 14,825 1,212 8·18
Congregational Independents 6,777 3,284 3,493 6,685 92 1·38
Lutherans, German Protestants.. 5,538 3,537 2,001 5,616 — 78 — 1·39
Unitarians 375 232 143 308 67 21·75
Society of Friends 321 200 121 315 6 1·90
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) 5,859 2,700 3,159 5,241 618 11·79
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) 5,035 2,359 2,676 3,537 1,498 42·35
Believers in Christ 77 36 41 193 — 116 — 60·10
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) 33 23 10 93 — 60 — 64·52
Nonconformists 95 59 36 77 18 23·38
Salvation Army 10,532 5,244 5,288 9,383 1,149 12·25
Christadelphians 952 485 467 700 252 36·00
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) 191 101 90 178 13 7·30
Seventh-day Adventists 776 316 460 415 361 86·99
Students of Truth 340 148 192 325 15 4·62
Dissenters 65 32 33 42 23 54·76
Christian Israelites, Israelites 61 27 34 55 6 10·91
Other Protestants 1,710 860 850 439 1,271 ..
Roman Catholics 97,525 50,348 47,177 85,856 11,669 13·59
Catholics (undefined) 1,279 704 575 1,416 — 137 — 9·68
Greek Church .. 116 99 17 56 60 107·14
Catholic Apostolic 247 118 129 150 97 64·67
Other Denominations—
Hebrews 1,549 808 741 1,463 86 5·88
Mormons, Latter-day Saints 289 162 127 206 83 40·29
Spiritualists 376 196 180 339 37 10·91
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. 3,391 3,374 17 3,928 — 537 — 13·67
Others 187 125 62 154 33 ..
No Denomination—
Freethinkers 3,983 3,076 907 4,475 — 492 — 10·99
Agnostics 562 426 136 322 240 74·53
Deists, Theists 46 38 8 51 — 5 — 9·80
No Denomination 3,898 2,410 1,488 2,999 899 29·98
Doubtful 46 31 15 405 — 359 ..
No Religion—
No Religion 1,490 1,089 401 1,269 221 17·42
Atheists 117 88 29 123 — 6 — 4·88
Secularists 153 112 41 65 88 135·38
Others (variously returned) 115 93 22 101 14 ..
Object to state 15,967 10,141 5,826 15,342 625 4·07
Unspecified 1,122 778 344 1,288 — 166 — 12·89

Note.—The minus sign (—) denotes decrease.

  • Includes United Methodist Free Churches and Bible Christians, which bodies were incorporated in the Wesleyan Methodist Church on 13th April, 1896.


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🏛️ Census Results for Religious Denominations

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 October 1896
Census, Religion, Statistics, Population, New Zealand
  • E. J. Von Dädelszen, Registrar-General