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In the Sydenham District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (36.5% of all people), while 19.0% of people had no religion and 5.1% did not answer the question on religion.

The Sydenham District'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.

The Sydenham District'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
Sydenham District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Kings Park %Number%Kings Park %2016 to 2021
Christian total27,92159.946.829,77962.550.9-1,858
Non Christian total7,29415.626.66,91714.524.7+377
Non-classifiable religious belief1720.40.41610.30.3+11
No Religion/secular beliefs8,85119.018.97,12114.915.7+1,730
Not stated2,3725.17.23,6587.78.3-1,286
Total Population46,610100.0100.047,636100.0100.0-1,026
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Sydenham District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Kings Park %Number%Kings Park %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic17,02036.524.918,02637.828.0-1,006
Greek Orthodox2,9476.33.02,9566.23.3-9
Islam2,7375.97.52,2384.75.9+499
Buddhism2,2844.916.82,1944.616.2+90
Christian,nfd1,9224.15.61,8403.9--+82
Anglican1,4933.21.81,9314.02.7-438
Hinduism1,0822.31.11,1452.41.2-63
Macedonian Orthodox1,0732.33.11,1402.43.6-67
Sikhism1,0632.30.91,2452.61.0-182
Pentecostal4631.00.85671.21.4-104
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 the Sydenham District in 2021 compared to Kings Park shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 75.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 19.0% said they had no religion, compared with 73.5% and 18.9% respectively for Kings Park.

The largest single religion in the Sydenham District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 36.5% of the population or 17,020 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Sydenham District and Kings Park were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (36.5% compared to 24.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (6.3% compared to 3.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (4.9% compared to 16.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Baptist (0.8% compared to 4.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Sydenham District between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,006 persons)
  • Islam (+499 persons)
  • Anglican (-438 persons)
  • Sikhism (-182 persons)

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