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Glenfield - Bardia

Religion

In Glenfield - Bardia in 2021, the largest religious group was Hinduism (18.9% of all people), while 16.9% of people had no religion and 7.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Glenfield - Bardia'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.

Glenfield - Bardia'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
Glenfield - Bardia - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Campbelltown City %Number%Campbelltown City %2016 to 2021
Not stated1,1607.17.01,1159.98.0+45
No Religion/secular beliefs2,74516.922.11,72715.418.1+1,018
Non-classifiable religious belief460.30.4500.40.5-4
Non Christian total6,22438.222.83,21728.616.2+3,007
Christian total6,10337.547.75,12845.657.3+975
Total Population16,278100.0100.011,237100.0100.0+5,041
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
Glenfield - Bardia - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Campbelltown City %Number%Campbelltown City %2016 to 2021
Hinduism3,07918.97.01,40812.54.5+1,671
Western (Roman) Catholic2,76817.022.32,34620.926.3+422
Islam2,30814.211.61,23211.07.9+1,076
Anglican8825.410.59678.615.2-85
Buddhism5783.62.73933.52.6+185
Christian,nfd5703.53.30--2.8+570
Pentecostal2771.71.42392.11.7+38
Presbyterian and Reformed2201.41.41491.31.9+71
Greek Orthodox1871.11.11581.41.1+29
Coptic Orthodox1821.10.61291.10.5+53
Show all (29 entries)
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 Glenfield - Bardia in 2021 compared to Campbelltown City shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 75.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 16.9% said they had no religion, compared with 70.5% and 22.1% respectively for Campbelltown City.

The largest single religion in Glenfield - Bardia was Hinduism, with 18.9% of the population or 3,079 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Glenfield - Bardia and Campbelltown City were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (18.9% compared to 7.0%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (14.2% compared to 11.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.0% compared to 22.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.4% compared to 10.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Glenfield - Bardia between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Hinduism (+1,671 persons)
  • Islam (+1,076 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+570 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+422 persons)

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