New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 96

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✨ Religious Affiliation Statistics



RELIGIONS.—SUMMARY BY PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

TABLE III.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males and Females (exclusive of Maoris), in each Provincial District of New Zealand, according to the Census taken for the 31st March, 1901.

Religious Denominations. Auckland. Taranaki. Hawke’s Bay. Wellington. Marlborough. Nelson. Westland. Canterbury. Otago. Chatham Islands.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons.
Totals .. 175,938 92,944 82,994 37,855 20,569 17,286 35,424 18,859 16,565 141,354
Episcopalians—
Church of England 80,679 42,434 38,245 17,222 9,316 7,906 16,496 8,757 7,739 63,988
Protestants (undefined) 258 179 79 31 25 6 28 19 9 161
Presbyterians .. 27,597 14,463 13,134 4,779 2,571 2,208 6,978 3,714 3,264 22,794
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists 16,242 8,109 8,133 5,288 2,727 2,561 2,433 1,240 1,193 14,527
Primitive Methodists 2,048 1,030 1,018 1,342 672 670 54 28 26 2,166
Other Methodists .. 323 173 150 161 87 74 49 31 18 567
Baptists .. 4,197 2,001 2,196 344 173 171 296 143 153 2,334
Congregationalists .. 2,307 1,110 1,197 78 48 30 233 120 113 1,025
Lutherans .. 408 351 57 198 109 89 906 516 390 2,001
Unitarians .. 266 154 112 16 13 3 22 13 9 94
Society of Friends .. 115 76 39 27 19 8 13 8 5 75
Church of Christ (Disciples) .. 1,932 933 999 92 44 48 47 25 22 1,079
Brethren .. 1,234 536 698 397 200 197 515 248 267 2,096
Believers in Christ .. 16 7 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
Evangelists .. 2 1 1 5 4 1 .. .. .. 3
Nonconformists .. 37 18 19 .. .. .. 3 3 .. 12
Salvation Army .. 1,523 758 765 374 183 191 493 245 248 1,590
Christadelphians .. 153 81 72 46 22 24 118 54 64 144
Swedenborgians .. 103 43 60 8 2 6 4 1 3 12
Seventh-day Adventists 329 138 191 3 3 .. 180 71 109 131
Students of Truth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
Other Protestants .. 253 138 115 49 29 20 19 9 10 302
Roman Catholics 27,246 14,625 12,621 5,077 2,734 2,343 5,256 2,691 2,565 18,827
Catholics (undefined) 211 135 76 21 18 3 31 21 10 275
Greek Church .. 50 39 11 2 2 .. .. .. .. 45
Catholic Apostolic .. 67 29 38 17 9 8 3 .. 3 123
Other Sects—
Hebrews .. 438 229 209 37 23 14 28 15 13 506
Mormons, Latter-day Saints 177 96 81 .. .. .. 16 10 6 44
Spiritualists .. 116 47 69 16 10 6 21 7 14 160
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. .. 195 189 6 10 9 1 29 29 .. 334
Others .. 147 94 53 5 4 1 3 3 .. 28
No Denomination—
Freethinkers .. 602 486 116 247 181 66 150 124 26 566
Others .. 1,740 1,075 665 492 321 171 133 99 34 895
No Religion .. 264 203 61 51 44 7 52 39 13 279
Object to State .. 4,430 2,826 1,604 1,346 910 436 782 552 230 3,848
Unspecified .. 233 138 95 74 57 17 33 24 9 310

NOTE.—Of the 8 people (5 males and 3 females) living on the Kermadec Islands, 7 (4 males and 3 females) were returned as members of the Church of England, and 1 man as a Presbyterian. They have not been included in the above table.



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30 October 1901
Census 1901, Religious denominations, Population statistics, Table by provincial district, Church of England, Presbyterians, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Salvation Army, Jews, Buddhists, Freethinkers, No Religion, Unspecified