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In Spring Farm in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (28.9% of all people), while 34.2% of people had no religion and 3.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Spring Farm'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.

Spring Farm'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
Spring Farm - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Narellan - Smeaton Grange %Number%Narellan - Smeaton Grange %2011 to 2021
Christian total5,32053.959.194872.380.5+4,372
Non Christian total7807.94.9796.00.8+701
Non-classifiable religious belief330.30.6100.80.8+23
No Religion/secular beliefs3,37834.230.019514.913.6+3,183
Not stated3613.75.3786.04.3+283
Total Population9,872100.0100.01,310100.0100.0+8,561
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
Spring Farm - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Narellan - Smeaton Grange %Number%Narellan - Smeaton Grange %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,85428.927.846135.230.8+2,393
Anglican1,36213.819.732925.133.8+1,033
Islam2923.01.7251.90.3+267
Hinduism2522.60.5201.5--+232
Christian,nfd2372.42.2141.12.1+223
Pentecostal1631.70.7241.81.5+139
Buddhism1161.21.7252.00.3+90
Uniting Church1101.11.4282.23.0+81
Baptist1051.11.4221.71.7+82
Sikhism941.00.40--0.1+94
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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 Spring Farm in 2021 compared to Narellan - Smeaton Grange shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 61.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.2% said they had no religion, compared with 64.1% and 30.0% respectively for Narellan - Smeaton Grange.

The largest single religion in Spring Farm was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 28.9% of the population or 2,854 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Spring Farm and Narellan - Smeaton Grange were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (2.6% compared to 0.5%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (3.0% compared to 1.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (13.8% compared to 19.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (0.9% compared to 2.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+2,393 persons)
  • Anglican (+1,033 persons)
  • Islam (+267 persons)
  • Hinduism (+232 persons)

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