Auburn City

Religion

In Auburn City, the number of non Christians experienced the greatest change (+5,570) compared to the non religious and Christians.

Auburn City'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.

Auburn City'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
Auburn City 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % Greater Sydney Number % Greater Sydney 2006 to 2011
Islam 18,799 25.5 4.7 16,112 24.8 3.9 +2,687
Western (Roman) Catholic 12,844 17.4 27.5 12,011 18.5 28.3 +833
Buddhism 6,732 9.1 4.1 6,008 9.2 3.7 +724
Hinduism 3,771 5.1 2.6 2,003 3.1 1.7 +1,768
Anglican 3,083 4.2 16.1 3,403 5.2 17.9 -320
Presbyterian and Reformed 1,697 2.3 2.4 1,206 1.9 2.6 +491
Uniting Church 1,525 2.1 2.8 1,352 2.1 3.4 +173
Christian,nfd 1,204 1.6 1.7 741 1.1 1.3 +463
Baptist 1,032 1.4 1.5 830 1.3 1.5 +202
Greek Orthodox 786 1.1 2.7 846 1.3 2.9 -60
Sikhism 603 0.8 0.4 255 0.4 0.2 +348
Pentecostal 602 0.8 1.1 502 0.8 1.1 +100
Maronite Catholic 554 0.8 0.6 656 1.0 0.6 -102
Other Eastern Orthodox 280 0.4 0.6 314 0.5 0.6 -34
Russian Orthodox 259 0.4 0.2 305 0.5 0.2 -46
Other Protestant 187 0.3 0.3 177 0.3 0.3 +10
Jehova's Witnesses 174 0.2 0.3 143 0.2 0.3 +31
Seventh Day Adventist 138 0.2 0.3 129 0.2 0.3 +9
Coptic Orthodox 121 0.2 0.3 131 0.2 0.3 -10
Lutheran 98 0.1 0.4 130 0.2 0.5 -32
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 95 0.1 0.3 104 0.2 0.3 -9
Other Oriental Orthodox 88 0.1 0.1 63 0.1 0.0 +25
Other Eastern Catholic 87 0.1 0.1 133 0.2 0.1 -46
Salvation Army 84 0.1 0.2 110 0.2 0.2 -26
Other Non-Christian Religions 79 0.1 0.2 72 0.1 0.2 +7
Other Christian 76 0.1 0.1 54 0.1 0.1 +22
Serbian Orthodox 75 0.1 0.3 100 0.2 0.3 -25
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
Auburn City 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % Greater Sydney Number % Greater Sydney 2006 to 2011
Christian total 25,227 34.2 60.9 23,598 36.3 64.0 +1,629
Non Christian total 30,140 40.9 13.2 24,570 37.8 10.9 +5,570
Non-classifiable religious belief 302 0.4 0.6 183 0.3 0.6 +119
No religion 10,721 14.5 17.6 7,572 11.7 14.1 +3,149
Not stated 7,348 10.0 7.6 9,036 13.9 10.4 -1,688
Total Population 73,738 100.0 100.0 64,959 100.0 100.0 +8,779

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Islam, Greater Sydney: 4.7% Western (Roman) Catholic, Greater Sydney: 27.5% Buddhism, Greater Sydney: 4.1% Hinduism, Greater Sydney: 2.6% Anglican, Greater Sydney: 16.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, Greater Sydney: 2.4% Uniting Church, Greater Sydney: 2.8% Christian,nfd, Greater Sydney: 1.7% Baptist, Greater Sydney: 1.5% Greek Orthodox, Greater Sydney: 2.7% Islam, Auburn City: 25.5% Western (Roman) Catholic, Auburn City: 17.4% Buddhism, Auburn City: 9.1% Hinduism, Auburn City: 5.1% Anglican, Auburn City: 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, Auburn City: 2.3% Uniting Church, Auburn City: 2.1% Christian,nfd, Auburn City: 1.6% Baptist, Auburn City: 1.4% Greek Orthodox, Auburn City: 1.1% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Islam, Auburn City: +2,687 Western (Roman) Catholic, Auburn City: +833 Buddhism, Auburn City: +724 Hinduism, Auburn City: +1,768 Anglican, Auburn City: -320 Presbyterian and Reformed, Auburn City: +491 Uniting Church, Auburn City: +173 Christian,nfd, Auburn City: +463 Baptist, Auburn City: +202 Greek Orthodox, Auburn City: -60 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Auburn City in 2011 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 75.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 14.5% said they had no religion, compared with 74.1% and 17.6% respectively for Greater Sydney.

The largest single religion in Auburn City was Islam, with 25.5% of the population or 18,799 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Auburn City and Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (25.5% compared to 4.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (9.1% compared to 4.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (5.1% compared to 2.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (4.2% compared to 16.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Auburn City between 2006 and 2011 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+2,687 persons)
  • Hinduism (+1,768 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+833 persons)
  • Buddhism (+724 persons)