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In Glenfield Park in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (28.5% of all people), while 32.0% of people had no religion and 3.6% did not answer the question on religion.

Glenfield Park's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

Glenfield Park's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Glenfield Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga %Number%Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga %2011 to 2021
Christian total3,03359.747.24,18879.872.1-1,155
Non Christian total2024.03.3861.61.3+116
Non-classifiable religious belief370.70.3290.61.0+8
No Religion/secular beliefs1,62432.039.270113.420.4+923
Not stated1833.610.02434.65.2-60
Total Population5,079100.0100.05,247100.0100.0-168
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Glenfield Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga %Number%Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,44828.520.01,90636.327.7-458
Anglican81816.113.91,35125.724.9-533
Uniting Church1993.92.72825.45.5-83
Presbyterian and Reformed1773.53.22935.65.4-116
Christian,nfd1172.32.81011.91.8+16
Other Non-Christian Religions891.80.10--0.1+89
Baptist731.41.2220.41.7+51
Pentecostal701.41.0601.10.9+10
Lutheran460.90.7971.81.8-51
Hinduism440.91.5340.60.3+10
Show all (17 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Glenfield Park in 2021 compared to Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 63.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 32.0% said they had no religion, compared with 50.5% and 39.2% respectively for Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga.

The largest single religion in Glenfield Park was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 28.5% of the population or 1,448 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Glenfield Park and Forest Hill - East Wagga Wagga were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (28.5% compared to 20.0%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (16.1% compared to 13.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Other Non-Christian Religions (1.8% compared to 0.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (3.9% compared to 2.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Glenfield Park between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-533 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-458 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-116 persons)
  • Other Non-Christian Religions (+89 persons)

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