New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 81

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✨ Religious Census Statistics



Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1757

RELIGIONS.—NUMBERS AND CENTESIMAL PROPORTIONS.

TABLE II.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of various Religions in New Zealand, with the Percentage belonging to each Denomination, and the Proportion of the Sexes in every 100 Persons, as on the 12th April, 1896.

Religious Denominations. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Proportions of the Sexes in every 100 Persons.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females.
Total population .. .. .. 703,360 371,415 331,945 .. .. .. 52·81 47·19
Total for specified religions .. 702,238 370,637 331,601 100·00 100·00 100·00 52·78 47·22
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined .. .. .. 281,166 148,171 132,995 40·04 39·98 40·11 52·70 47·30
Protestants (undescribed) .. .. .. 1,643 996 647 0·23 0·27 0·19 60·62 39·38
Presbyterians .. .. .. .. 159,952 84,259 75,693 22·78 22·73 22·83 52·68 47·32
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists* .. .. .. 63,373 31,481 31,892 9·02 8·49 9·62 49·68 50·32
Primitive Methodists .. .. .. 7,041 3,449 3,592 1·00 0·93 1·08 48·98 51·02
Methodists (undefined) .. .. .. 2,893 1,476 1,417 0·41 0·40 0·43 51·02 48·98
Others .. .. .. .. 60 34 26 0·01 0·01 0·01 56·67 43·33
Baptists .. .. .. .. 16,037 7,690 8,347 2·28 2·07 2·52 47·95 52·05
Congregational Independents .. .. .. 6,777 3,284 3,493 0·97 0·89 1·05 48·46 51·54
Lutheran, German Protestants .. .. .. 5,538 3,537 2,001 0·79 0·95 0·60 63·87 36·13
Unitarians .. .. .. .. 375 232 143 0·05 0·06 0·04 61·87 38·13
Society of Friends .. .. .. .. 321 200 121 0·05 0·05 0·04 62·31 37·69
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) .. 5,859 2,700 3,159 0·83 0·73 0·95 46·08 53·92
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) .. .. .. .. 5,035 2,359 2,676 0·72 0·64 0·81 46·85 53·15
Believers in Christ .. .. .. .. 77 36 41 0·01 0·01 0·01 46·75 53·25
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) .. .. .. 33 23 10 0·00 0·01 0·00 69·70 30·30
Nonconformists .. .. .. .. 95 59 36 0·01 0·02 0·01 62·11 37·89
Salvation Army .. .. .. .. 10,532 5,244 5,288 1·50 1·41 1·59 49·79 50·21
Christadelphians .. .. .. .. 952 485 467 0·14 0·13 0·14 50·95 49·05
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) .. .. .. .. 191 101 90 0·03 0·03 0·03 52·88 47·12
Seventh-day Adventists .. .. .. 776 316 460 0·11 0·09 0·14 40·72 59·28
Students of Truth .. .. .. .. 340 148 192 0·05 0·04 0·06 43·53 56·47
Dissenters .. .. .. .. 65 32 33 0·01 0·01 0·01 49·23 50·77
Christian Israelites, Israelites .. .. .. 61 27 34 0·01 0·01 0·01 44·26 55·74
Other Protestants .. .. .. .. 1,710 860 850 0·24 0·23 0·26 50·29 49·71
Roman Catholics .. .. .. .. 97,525 50,348 47,177 13·89 13·58 14·23 51·63 48·37
Catholics (undefined) .. .. .. 1,279 704 575 0·18 0·19 0·17 55·04 44·96
Greek Church .. .. .. .. 116 99 17 0·02 0·03 0·01 85·34 14·66
Catholic Apostolic .. .. .. .. 247 118 129 0·04 0·03 0·04 47·77 52·23
Other Denominations—
Hebrews .. .. .. .. 1,549 808 741 0·22 0·22 0·22 52·16 47·84
Mormons, Latter-day Saints .. .. .. 289 162 127 0·04 0·04 0·04 56·05 43·95
Spiritualists .. .. .. .. 376 196 180 0·05 0·05 0·05 52·13 47·87
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. .. .. .. 3,391 3,374 17 0·48 0·91 0·01 99·50 0·50
Others .. .. .. .. 187 125 62 0·03 0·03 0·02 66·85 33·15
No Denomination—
Freethinkers .. .. .. .. 3,983 3,076 907 0·57 0·83 0·27 77·23 22·77
Agnostics .. .. .. .. 562 426 136 0·08 0·12 0·04 75·80 24·20
Deists, Theists .. .. .. .. 46 38 8 0·01 0·01 0·00 82·60 17·40
No denomination .. .. .. .. 3,898 2,410 1,488 0·55 0·65 0·45 61·83 38·17
Doubtful .. .. .. .. 46 31 15 0·01 0·01 0·00 67·39 32·61
No religion—
No religion .. .. .. .. 1,490 1,089 401 0·21 0·29 0·12 73·09 26·91
Atheists .. .. .. .. 117 88 29 0·02 0·02 0·01 75·21 24·79
Secularists .. .. .. .. 153 112 41 0·02 0·03 0·01 73·20 26·80
Others (variously returned) .. .. .. 115 93 22 0·02 0·03 0·01 80·87 19·13
Object to state .. .. .. .. 15,967 10,141 5,826 2·27 2·74 1·76 63·51 36·49
Unspecified .. .. .. .. 1,122 778 344 .. .. .. .. ..
  • 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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17 October 1896
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