Table 12. Religion by Province, Solomon Islands: 1986 Table 12. Religion by Province, Solomon Islands: 1986
  Total Western Isabel Central Guadalcanal   Honiara Malaita Makira/Ulawa Temotu
Religion Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Religion Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
     Total #### #### #### 59,511 31,476 28,035 15,931 8,043 7,888 19,837 10,567 9,270 53,013 28,041 24,972      Total 33,370 19,053 14,317 83,603 41,589 42,014 23,542 12,183 11,359 15,876 7,845 8,031
Church of Mel CM #### 53,595 49,750 1,592 1,088 504 15,320 7,674 7,646 13,925 7,280 6,645 12,850 6,864 5,986 Church of Mel CM 10,361 6,127 4,234 22,323 11,032 11,291 11,665 5,976 5,689 15,309 7,554 7,755
Roman Catholi RM 58,743 30,566 28,177 6,339 3,331 3,008 63 38 25 1,762 983 779 21,311 11,146 10,165 Roman Catholi RM 4,330 2,574 1,756 19,894 9,846 10,048 4,987 2,608 2,379 57 40 17
SSEC 53,066 27,685 25,381 1,155 741 414 153 111 42 1,998 1,084 914 10,019 5,341 4,678 SSEC 8,295 4,685 3,610 25,115 12,411 12,704 6,244 3,263 2,981 87 49 38
United Church UC 33,786 17,681 16,105 28,388 14,835 13,553 128 68 60 309 190 119 1,645 865 780 United Church UC 2,807 1,462 1,345 388 197 191 81 46 35 40 18 22
CFC 7,619 3,992 3,627 7,114 3,708 3,406 3 3 0 8 3 5 80 45 35 CFC 393 221 172 15 9 6 6 3 3 0 0 0
SDA 30,825 15,850 14,975 14,247 7,304 6,943 202 100 102 1,523 815 708 4,723 2,420 2,303 SDA 5,109 2,766 2,343 4,457 2,165 2,292 465 232 233 99 48 51
Jehovah Witness 5,270 2,670 2,600 119 68 51 0 0 0 46 28 18 585 333 252 Jehovah Witness 716 387 329 3,585 1,750 1,835 20 12 8 199 92 107
Bahai 1,256 679 577 98 59 39 4 3 1 26 13 13 65 42 23 Bahai 196 115 81 867 447 420 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baptist 898 491 407 10 8 2 3 2 1 119 68 51 117 67 50 Baptist 66 37 29 578 306 272 3 2 1 2 1 1
New Apostolic Ch 280 149 131 15 8 7 5 4 1 7 6 1 129 72 57 New Apostolic Ch 26 17 9 73 32 41 15 6 9 10 4 6
CRC 106 59 47 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 10 5 5 CRC 45 26 19 37 21 16 3 2 1 6 2 4
World Wide Ch 25 15 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 World Wide Ch 13 8 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
Assembly of God 1,034 530 504 83 39 44 0 0 0 1 0 1 105 52 53 Assembly of God 281 152 129 557 286 271 6 1 5 1 0 1
S.I trad(Custom) 6,242 3,433 2,809 50 46 4 1 0 1 18 18 0 1,026 567 459 S.I trad(Custom) 76 60 16 5,058 2,734 2,324 10 7 3 3 1 2
Others 710 502 208 136 127 9 27 27 0 65 63 2 33 26 7 Others 196 117 79 234 129 105 14 9 5 5 4 1
None 938 581 357 78 55 23 11 4 7 5 3 2 190 125 65 None 298 197 101 325 175 150 8 6 2 23 16 7
Objects 111 70 41 26 19 7 0 0 0 9 4 5 41 24 17 Objects 24 18 6 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
NS 429 249 180 57 37 20 8 7 1 15 9 6 81 46 35 NS 138 84 54 84 42 42 15 10 5 31 14 17
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census                         Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census