New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

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✨ Religious Census Statistics



Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 59

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 Percentages belonging to each Denomination, and the Proportion of the Sexes in every 100 Persons, as on the 29th April, 1906.

Religious Denominations. Numbers. Proportions per Cent. Proportions of the Sexes in every 100 Persons:
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females.
Total population .. 888,578 471,008 417,570 .. .. .. 53·01 46·99
Total for specified religions 886,694 469,761 416,933 100·00 100·00 100·00 52·98 47·02
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined 366,828 194,628 172,200 41·37 41·43 41·30 53·06 46·94
Protestants (undescribed) 1,237 736 501 0·14 0·16 0·12 59·50 40·50
Presbyterians .. 203,597 106,872 96,725 22·96 22·75 23·20 52·50 47·50
Methodists—
Methodist Church of Australasia 63,603 31,554 32,049 7·18 6·72 7·69 49·61 50·39
Primitive Methodists .. 21,796 10,915 10,881 2·46 2·32 2·61 50·08 49·92
Methodists (undefined) 3,505 1,774 1,731 0·40 0·38 0·42 50·61 49·39
Others .. 134 61 73 0·02 0·01 0·01 45·52 54·48
Baptists .. 17,747 8,537 9,210 2·00 1·82 2·21 48·10 51·90
Congregationalists .. 7,360 3,532 3,828 0·83 0·75 0·92 47·99 52·01
Lutherans, German Protestants .. 4,856 3,080 1,776 0·55 0·66 0·43 63·43 36·57
Unitarians .. 789 447 342 0·09 0·10 0·08 56·65 43·35
Society of Friends .. 334 211 123 0·04 0·05 0·03 63·17 36·83
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) 7,061 3,304 3,757 0·80 0·70 0·90 46·79 53·21
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) 7,901 3,628 4,273 0·89 0·77 1·03 45·92 54·08
Believers in Christ .. 52 25 27 .. .. .. 48·08 51·92
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) 42 29 13 .. .. .. 69·05 30·95
Nonconformists .. 67 45 22 .. .. .. 67·16 32·84
Salvation Army .. 8,389 4,024 4,365 0·95 0·85 1·05 47·97 52·03
Christadelphians .. 1,059 513 546 0·12 0·11 0·13 48·44 51·56
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) 186 94 92 0·02 0·02 0·02 50·54 49·46
Seventh-day Adventists .. 990 399 591 0·11 0·09 0·14 40·30 59·70
Students of Truth .. 18 7 11 .. .. .. 38·89 61·11
Dissenters .. 6 2 4 .. .. .. 33·33 66·67
Christian Israelites, Israelites 24 18 6 .. .. .. 75·00 25·00
Other Christians .. 1,125 597 528 0·13 0·13 0·13 53·07 46·93
Roman Catholics .. 126,109 66,705 59,404 14·22 14·20 14·25 52·89 47·11
Catholics (undefined) 886 517 369 0·10 0·11 0·09 58·35 41·65
Greek Church .. 232 167 65 0·03 0·04 0·02 71·98 28·02
Catholic Apostolic .. 381 171 210 0·04 0·04 0·05 44·88 55·12
Other Sects—
Hebrews .. 1,867 982 885 0·21 0·21 0·21 52·60 47·40
Mormons, Latter-day Saints 279 146 133 0·03 0·03 0·03 52·33 47·67
Spiritualists .. 1,054 526 528 0·12 0·11 0·13 49·91 50·09
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. 1,452 1,431 21 0·17 0·31 .. 98·55 1·45
Others .. 356 200 156 0·04 0·04 0·04 56·18 43·82
No Denomination—
Freethinkers .. 3,116 2,520 596 0·35 0·54 0·15 80·87 19·13
Agnostics .. 734 568 166 0·08 0·12 0·04 77·38 22·62
Deists, Theists .. 38 29 9 .. .. .. 76·32 23·68
No Denomination .. 5,416 3,504 1,912 0·61 0·75 0·46 64·70 35·30
Doubtful .. 34 15 19 .. .. .. 44·12 55·88
No Religion—
No Religion .. 1,600 1,175 425 0·18 0·25 0·10 73·44 26·56
Atheists .. 101 94 7 0·01 0·02 .. 93·07 6·93
Secularists .. 8 5 3 .. .. .. 62·50 37·50
Object to state .. 24,325 15,974 8,351 2·75 3·41 2·01 65·67 34·33
Unspecified .. 1,884 1,247 637 .. .. .. .. ..


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