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Broken Hill CityCommunity profile

In Broken Hill City in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.9% of all people), while 49.0% of people had no religion and 9.9% did not answer the question on religion.

Broken Hill 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.

Broken Hill 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.

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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Broken Hill City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2011 to 2021
Christian total6,90939.251.110,98559.371.0-4,076
Non Christian total2721.53.01981.12.1+74
Non-classifiable religious belief650.40.51290.70.8-64
No Religion/secular beliefs8,63749.037.64,94626.718.4+3,691
Not stated1,7369.97.72,25912.27.8-523
Total Population17,619100.0100.018,517100.0100.0-898
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
Broken Hill City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,16117.921.04,66025.226.2-1,499
Anglican1,5438.817.02,47013.326.6-927
Uniting Church1,0676.13.32,31312.55.8-1,246
Christian,nfd2241.32.22551.41.9-31
Baptist1550.91.22251.21.4-70
Presbyterian and Reformed1350.82.62181.24.2-83
Salvation Army1240.70.22371.30.4-113
Lutheran1100.60.32081.10.6-98
Pentecostal980.60.8940.50.9+4
Other Protestant980.60.4250.10.2+73
Show all (22 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 Broken Hill City in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 40.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 49.0% said they had no religion, compared with 54.1% and 37.6% respectively for Regional NSW.

The largest single religion in Broken Hill City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.9% of the population or 3,161 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Broken Hill City and Regional NSW were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (6.1% compared to 3.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (8.8% compared to 17.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.9% compared to 21.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (0.8% compared to 2.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Broken Hill City between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,499 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-1,246 persons)
  • Anglican (-927 persons)
  • Salvation Army (-113 persons)

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