Campbelltown City
Religion
In Campbelltown City in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (26.3% of all people), while 18.1% of people had no religion and 8.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Campbelltown 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.
Campbelltown 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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Campbelltown City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2006 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 89,981 | 57.3 | 51.7 | 35500 | 100,860 | 70.5 | 64.0 | -10,879 |
| Non Christian total | 25,368 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 35501 | 13,519 | 9.4 | 10.9 | +11,849 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 710 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 35502 | 688 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +22 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 28,397 | 18.1 | 24.9 | 35503 | 15,375 | 10.7 | 14.1 | +13,022 |
| Not stated | 12,553 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 35504 | 12,632 | 8.8 | 10.4 | -79 |
| Total Population | 157,009 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 143,074 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +13,935 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Campbelltown City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 41,310 | 26.3 | 24.2 | 35044 | 43,965 | 30.7 | 28.3 | -2,655 |
| Anglican | 23,828 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 35000 | 33,364 | 23.3 | 17.9 | -9,536 |
| Islam | 12,434 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 35017 | 6,369 | 4.5 | 3.9 | +6,065 |
| Hinduism | 7,033 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 35016 | 3,270 | 2.3 | 1.7 | +3,763 |
| Christian,nfd | 4,438 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 35011 | 2,055 | 1.4 | 1.3 | +2,383 |
| Buddhism | 4,041 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 35008 | 2,998 | 2.1 | 3.7 | +1,043 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 3,030 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 35036 | 3,609 | 2.5 | 2.6 | -579 |
| Uniting Church | 2,765 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 35043 | 3,937 | 2.8 | 3.4 | -1,172 |
| Pentecostal | 2,592 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 35033 | 2,006 | 1.4 | 1.1 | +586 |
| Baptist | 2,401 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 35006 | 2,616 | 1.8 | 1.5 | -215 |
| Greek Orthodox | 1,772 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 35015 | 1,619 | 1.1 | 2.9 | +153 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 1,612 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 35020 | 1,313 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +299 |
| Other Protestant | 1,051 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 35034 | 584 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +467 |
| Sikhism | 1,045 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 35041 | 357 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +688 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 800 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 35014 | 658 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +142 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 788 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 35040 | 730 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +58 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 771 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 35018 | 850 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -79 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 375 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35031 | 146 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +229 |
| Lutheran | 334 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35021 | 651 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -317 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 312 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35039 | 291 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +21 |
| Salvation Army | 290 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35038 | 448 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -158 |
| Russian Orthodox | 288 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35037 | 301 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -13 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 253 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35022 | 245 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +8 |
| Brethren | 232 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35007 | 291 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -59 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 221 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35028 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +162 |
| Maronite Catholic | 211 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 35023 | 133 | 0.1 | 0.6 | +78 |
| Other Christian | 171 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35027 | 225 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -54 |
| Churches of Christ | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35013 | 280 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -143 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35032 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +97 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 103 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35029 | 466 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -363 |
| Paganism | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35035 | 102 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Christadelphian | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35010 | 64 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Judaism | 67 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 35019 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.9 | +14 |
| Baha'i | 64 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35005 | 75 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -11 |
| Assyrian Apostolic | 62 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 35003 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +27 |
| Spiritualism | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35042 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35045 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -11 |
| Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35004 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +24 |
| Chinese and Japanese Religions | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35009 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Other Nature Religions | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35030 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35001 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -10 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Campbelltown City in 2016 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, 73.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 18.1% said they had no religion, compared with 66.2% and 24.9% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The largest single religion in Campbelltown City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.3% of the population or 41,310 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Campbelltown City and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (15.2% compared to 12.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (7.9% compared to 5.3%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (26.3% compared to 24.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (1.1% compared to 2.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Campbelltown City between 2006 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-9,536 persons)
- Islam (+6,065 persons)
- Hinduism (+3,763 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-2,655 persons)