New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 96

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✨ Census Religious Statistics



Nov. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2175

Census, 1901.—Religions of the People.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken for the 31st March 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 March, 1901, compared with the Results of the Census of 1896.

Religious Denominations. Census, 1901. Census, 1896. Increase or Decrease.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Numerical. Centesimal.
Total population .. .. 772,719 405,992 366,727 703,360 69,359 9·86
Total for specified religions .. .. 771,837 405,372 366,465 702,238 69,599 9·91
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined .. .. 314,024 165,100 148,924 281,166 32,858 11·69
Protestants (undescribed) .. .. 1,239 742 497 1,643 — 404 — 24·59
Presbyterians.. .. .. 176,503 92,406 84,097 159,952 16,551 10·35
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists .. .. 71,034 35,362 35,672 63,373 7,661 12·09
Primitive Methodists .. .. 10,143 5,046 5,097 7,041 3,102 44·06
Methodists (undefined) .. .. 2,396 1,183 1,213 2,893 — 497 — 17·18
Others .. .. .. 229 122 107 60 169 ..
Baptists .. .. .. 16,035 7,574 8,461 16,037 — 2 — 0·01
Congregationalists .. .. 6,699 3,154 3,545 6,777 — 78 — 1·15
Lutherans, German Protestants .. .. 4,833 3,063 1,770 5,538 — 705 — 12·73
Unitarians .. .. .. 468 283 185 375 93 24·8
Society of Friends .. .. 313 195 118 321 — 8 — 2·49
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) 6,105 2,860 3,245 5,859 246 4·2
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) .. .. .. 7,484 3,450 4,034 5,035 2,449 48·64
Believers in Christ .. .. 31 14 17 77 — 46 — 59·74
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) .. .. 21 16 5 33 — 12 — 36·36
Nonconformists .. .. 61 36 25 95 — 34 — 35·79
Salvation Army .. .. 7,999 3,807 4,192 10,532 —2,533 — 24·05
Christadelphians .. .. 989 497 492 952 37 3·89
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) .. .. 159 72 87 191 — 32 — 16·75
Seventh-day Adventists .. .. 864 357 507 776 88 11·34
Students of Truth .. .. 33 17 16 340 — 307 — 90·29
Dissenters .. .. .. 3 3 .. 65 — 62 — 95·38
Christian Israelites, Israelites .. .. 34 19 15 61 — 27 — 44·26
Other Protestants .. .. 1,093 577 516 1,710 — 617 ..
Roman Catholics .. .. 108,960 56,490 52,470 97,525 11,435 11·73
Catholics (undefined) .. .. 862 480 382 1,279 — 417 — 32·6
Greek Church .. .. 189 134 55 116 73 52·93
Catholic Apostolic .. .. 326 140 186 247 79 31·98
Other Sects—
Hebrews .. .. .. 1,611 826 785 1,549 62 4·01
Mormons, Latter-day Saints .. .. 272 145 127 289 — 17 — 5·88
Spiritualists .. .. 499 240 259 376 123 32·71
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. .. .. 2,432 2,413 19 3,391 — 959 — 28·28
Others .. .. .. 250 162 88 187 63 ..
No Denomination—
Freethinkers .. .. 2,856 2,245 611 3,983 —1,127 — 28·3
Agnostics .. .. 552 413 139 562 — 10 — 1·78
Deists, Theists .. .. 59 51 8 46 13 28·26
No Denomination .. .. 4,740 3,006 1,734 3,898 842 21·6
Doubtful .. .. 33 14 19 46 — 13 — 28·26
No Religion—
No Religion .. .. 1,012 752 260 1,605 — 593 — 36·95
Atheists .. .. 80 67 13 117 — 37 — 31·62
Secularists .. .. 17 12 5 153 — 136 — 88·88
Object to state .. .. 18,295 11,827 6,468 15,967 2,328 14·58
Unspecified .. .. 882 620 262 1,122 — 240 — 21·39

NOTE.—The minus sign ( — ) indicates decrease.



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  • E. J. von Daldeszen, Registrar-General