New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 97

Page 3531

✨ Census Statistics



Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3531

NUMBERS FOR EACH DENOMINATION, AND INCREASE OR DECREASE.

TABLE 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 April, 1911, compared with the Results of the Census of 1906.

Religious Denominations. Census, 1911. Census, 1906. Increase or Decrease.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Numerical. Centesimal.
Total population.. 1,008,468 531,910 476,558 888,578 119,890 13·49
Total for specified religions 1,006,052 530,323 475,729 886,694 119,358 13·46
Episcopalians—
Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined 411,671 216,612 195,059 366,828 44,843 12·22
Protestants (undescribed) 2,171 1,332 839 1,237 934 75·51
Presbyterians .. 234,662 122,307 112,355 203,597 31,065 15·26
Methodists—
Methodist Church of Australasia 63,959 31,419 32,540 63,603 356 0·56
Primitive Methodists .. 27,445 13,802 13,643 21,796 5,649 25·92
Methodists (undefined) 3,209 1,645 1,564 3,505 — 296 — 8·45
Others 214 123 91 134 80 59·70
Baptists 20,042 9,599 10,443 17,747 2,295 12·93
Congregational Independents 8,756 4,231 4,525 7,360 1,396 18·97
Lutheran, German Protestants 4,477 2,818 1,659 4,856 — 379 — 7·80
Unitarians 1,316 707 609 789 527 66·79
Society of Friends 412 246 166 334 78 23·35
Church of Christ (Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples) 9,187 4,234 4,953 7,061 2,126 30·11
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) 7,865 3,609 4,256 7,901 — 36 — 0·46
Believers in Christ 37 16 21 52 — 15 — 28·85
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) 25 21 4 42 — 17 — 40·48
Nonconformists 57 41 16 67 — 10 — 14·93
Salvation Army 9,707 4,681 5,026 8,389 1,318 15·71
Christadelphians 1,028 486 542 1,059 — 31 — 2·93
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) 160 81 79 186 — 26 — 13·98
Seventh-day Adventists 1,113 457 656 990 123 12·42
Students of Truth 6 2 4 18 — 12 — 66·66
Dissenters 5 3 2 6 — 1 — 16·66
Christian Israelites, Israelites 19 12 7 24 — 5 — 20·83
Other Protestants 922 466 456 1,125 — 203 — 18·04
Catholics—
Roman Catholics 139,191 72,419 66,772 126,109 13,082 10·37
Catholics (undefined) .. 1,332 759 573 886 446 50·34
Greek Church 265 178 87 232 33 14·22
Catholic Apostolic 336 157 179 381 — 45 — 11·81
Other Sects—
Hebrews 2,128 1,130 998 1,867 261 13·98
Mormons, Latter-day Saints 365 212 153 279 86 30·82
Spiritualists .. 1,197 593 604 1,054 143 13·57
Buddhists, Pagans, Confucians 1,501 1,481 20 1,452 49 3·37
Others 661 352 309 356 305 85·67
No Denomination—
Freethinkers 4,238 3,417 821 3,116 1,122 36·01
Agnostics 618 511 107 734 — 116 — 15·80
Deists, Theists 32 24 8 38 — 6 — 15·79
No denomination 4,241 2,691 1,550 5,416 — 1,175 — 21·69
Doubtful 48 32 16 34 14 41·18
No Religion—
No religion 5,414 4,004 1,410 1,600 3,814 238·38
Atheists 111 99 12 101 10 9·90
Secularists 4 4 .. 8 — 4 — 50·00
Object to state 35,905 23,310 12,595 24,325 11,580 47·61
Unspecified 2,416 1,587 829 1,884 532 28·24

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

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