New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 4

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✨ Census Statistics



Census, 1906.—Religions of the People.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 12th January, 1907.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

THE following tables (III and IV) are in continuation of those already published (I and II) relating to the religious denominations of the people, as shown by the Census taken in April last.

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 29th April, 1906.

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 .. .. 211,223 112,332 98,891 43,399 23,233 20,166 42,242 22,845 19,397 179,868
Episcopalians—
Church of England .. .. 97,622 51,678 45,944 19,975 10,676 9,299 19,669 10,653 9,016 81,214
Protestants (undefined) .. .. 193 120 73 174 95 79 82 43 39 254
Presbyterians .. .. 34,187 17,920 16,267 5,922 3,161 2,761 8,707 4,659 4,048 30,643
Methodists—
Methodist Church of Australasia 15,720 7,758 7,962 4,529 2,298 2,231 2,388 1,201 1,187 13,660
Primitive Methodists.. .. 4,609 2,370 2,239 2,163 1,099 1,064 511 262 249 4,461
Other Methodists .. .. 445 227 218 224 120 104 93 43 50 671
Baptists .. .. 4,677 2,260 2,417 336 158 178 406 211 195 3,120
Congregationalists .. .. 2,555 1,245 1,310 80 49 31 278 136 142 1,358
Lutherans .. .. 531 420 111 178 111 67 949 531 418 2,188
Unitarians .. .. 435 235 200 27 22 5 20 14 6 215
Society of Friends .. .. 122 78 44 19 16 3 15 11 4 92
Church of Christ (Disciples) .. .. 2,263 1,075 1,188 135 66 69 63 41 22 1,301
Brethren .. .. 1,655 753 902 447 216 231 522 256 266 1,924
Believers in Christ .. .. 12 8 4 4 1 3 12 6 6 9
Evangelists .. .. 3 3 .. 6 4 2 .. .. .. 17
Nonconformists .. .. 17 10 7 2 2 .. 3 3 .. 13
Salvation Army .. .. 1,749 850 899 481 246 235 440 219 221 1,947
Christadelphians .. .. 211 106 105 42 19 23 103 41 62 203
Swedenborgians .. .. 109 44 65 8 2 6 8 4 4 31
Seventh-day Adventists .. .. 386 163 223 65 34 31 165 62 103 217
Students of Truth .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 1 1 ..
Other Protestants .. .. 401 205 196 49 27 22 10 7 3 351
Roman Catholics .. .. 32,272 17,538 14,734 6,004 3,184 2,820 6,054 3,214 2,840 25,143
Catholics (undefined) .. .. 163 99 64 91 50 41 83 42 41 242
Greek Church .. .. 81 66 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 41
Catholic Apostolic .. .. 111 51 60 9 6 3 9 5 4 124
Other Sects—
Hebrews .. .. 554 289 265 29 16 13 18 13 5 662
Mormons, Latter-day Saints .. .. 129 73 56 10 7 3 27 15 12 64
Spiritualists .. .. 228 117 111 30 18 12 17 11 6 496
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. .. .. 124 122 2 17 17 .. 31 29 2 360
Others .. .. 165 94 71 10 6 4 15 9 6 73
No Denomination—
Freethinkers .. .. 730 606 124 167 129 38 170 151 19 791
Others .. .. 2,196 1,428 768 400 268 132 167 108 59 1,243
No Religion .. .. 335 258 77 84 59 25 90 64 26 633
Object to state .. .. 5,711 3,699 2,012 1,498 950 548 1,039 731 308 5,639
Unspecified .. .. 521 364 157 184 101 83 76 49 27 468

NOTE.—Of the 5 people (3 males and 2 females) living on the Kermadec Islands, all were returned as members of the Church of England. They have not been included in the above table.



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🏛️ Census 1906: Religions of the People by Provincial Districts (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
12 January 1907
Census, 1906, Religions, Denominations, Provincial Districts, Statistics, Population
  • E. J. von Dadelzsen, Registrar-General