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✨ Census Religious Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 97

Census, 1911.—Religions of the People.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1911.

THE two accompanying tables, showing the summarized results of the Census taken in April last as to religious denominations, are published for general information.

M. FRASER,
Government Statistician.

RELIGIONS.—NUMBERS AND CENTESIMAL PROPORTIONS.

TABLE 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 2nd April, 1911.

Religious Denominations.	Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.			Proportions of the Sexes in every 100 Persons.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
Total population	1,008,468	531,910	476,558	..	..	..	52·74	47·26
Total for specified religions	1,006,052	530,323	475,729	100·00	100·00	100·00	52·71	47·29
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined	411,671	216,612	195,059	40·92	40·85	41·00	52·61	47·39
Protestants (undescribed)	2,171	1,332	839	0·22	0·26	0·18	61·35	38·65
Presbyterians	234,662	122,307	112,355	23·33	23·06	23·62	52·12	47·88
Methodists—
Methodist Church of Australasia	63,959	31,419	32,540	6·36	5·93	6·84	49·12	50·88
Primitive Methodists	27,445	13,802	13,643	2·73	2·60	2·87	50·29	49·71
Methodists (undefined)	3,209	1,645	1,564	0·32	0·31	0·33	51·26	48·74
Others	214	123	91	0·02	0·02	0·02	57·47	42·53
Baptists	20,042	9,599	10,443	2·09	1·81	2·20	47·89	52·11
Congregationalists	8,756	4,231	4,525	0·87	0·80	0·95	48·32	51·68
Lutherans, German Protestants	4,477	2,818	1,659	0·44	0·53	0·35	62·94	37·06
Unitarians	1,316	707	609	0·13	0·14	0·13	53·72	46·28
Society of Friends	412	246	166	0·04	0·05	0·04	59·70	40·30
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples)	9,187	4,234	4,953	0·91	0·80	1·04	46·09	53·91
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren)	7,865	3,609	4,256	0·78	0·68	0·90	45·89	54·11
Believers in Christ	37	16	21	..	..	..	43·25	56·75
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren)	25	21	4	..	..	..	84·00	16·00
Nonconformists	57	41	16	..	..	..	71·92	28·08
Salvation Army	9,707	4,681	5,026	0·96	0·89	1·06	48·23	51·77
Christadelphians	1,028	486	542	0·10	0·10	0·11	47·28	52·72
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church)	160	81	79	0·01	0·02	0·02	50·62	49·38
Seventh-day Adventists	1,113	457	656	0·10	0·09	0·13	41·06	58·94
Students of Truth	6	2	4	..	..	..	33·00	67·00
Dissenters	5	3	2	..	..	..	60·00	40·00
Christian Israelites, Israelites	19	12	7	..	..	..	63·16	36·84
Other Christians	922	466	456	0·08	0·09	0·10	50·54	49·46
Roman Catholics	139,191	72,419	66,772	13·83	13·66	14·04	52·03	47·97
Catholics (undefined)	1,332	759	573	0·13	0·15	0·12	57·00	43·00
Greek Church	265	178	87	0·03	0·04	0·02	67·17	32·83
Catholic Apostolic	336	157	179	0·03	0·03	0·04	46·72	53·28
Other Sects—
Hebrews	2,128	1,130	998	0·21	0·22	0·21	53·10	46·90
Mormons, Latter-day Saints	365	212	153	0·03	0·04	0·04	58·08	41·92
Spiritualists	1,197	593	604	0·11	0·11	0·13	49·54	50·46
Buddhists, Confucians, &c.	1,501	1,481	20	0·15	0·28	..	98·66	1·34
Others	661	352	309	0·06	0·06	0·06	53·25	46·75
No Denomination—
Freethinkers	4,238	3,417	821	0·42	0·64	0·17	80·63	19·37
Agnostics	618	511	107	0·06	0·09	0·02	82·69	17·31
Deists, Theists	32	24	8	..	..	..	75·00	25·00
No denomination	4,241	2,691	1,550	0·42	0·50	0·32	63·45	36·55
Doubtful	48	32	16	..	..	..	67·00	33·00
No Religion—
No religion	5,414	4,004	1,410	0·53	0·75	0·29	73·95	26·05
Atheists	111	99	12	0·01	0·01	..	89·18	10·82
Secularists	4	4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Object to state	35,905	23,310	12,595	3·57	4·39	2·65	64·92	35·08
Unspecified	2,416	1,587	829	..	..	..	..	..