Queensland Religious Places

Religious places in 19th century Queensland

The table below lists the no of buildings built by each denomination in the 19th century.

Denomination No of buildings Percent Affliation Percent Ratio Open 1900
Anglican 221 20.1 185024 39 964 185
Roman Catholic 195 17.7 120676 25.5 677 145
Methodist 285 26.5 46601 10 197 194
Presbyterian 96 9.4 57615 12 633 77
Congregational 54 4.9 9763 2 232 32
Lutheran 75 6.8 25545 5.4 399 59
Baptist 59 5.4 12252 2.6 223 42
Salvation Army 39 3.5 5440 1.1 147 37
Churches of Christ 15 1.4 1839 .3 198 15
Other 116 10.5 7767 2.1 198 56
Total 1101 100 472622 100 490 839

This table provides a different perspective on the various denominations in Queensland in the 19th century. The Methodist includes Primitive Methodist. Within the Methodists, were both the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist who united in 1898. The statistics for the Primitive Methodist in 1891 indicate they had built 101 churches and the 1891 Census counted 8639 - that is a ratio of 85 persons per building. A quite remarkable figure and indicative that the Primitive Methodists were the most enthusiastic builders.