Merrylands

Religion

In Merrylands, the number of non Christians experienced the greatest change (+1,960) compared to Christians and the non religious.

Merrylands'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.

Merrylands'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
Merrylands 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % Holroyd City Number % Holroyd City 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 5,126 26.4 30.5 5,407 29.9 33.9 -281
Islam 3,507 18.1 10.4 2,407 13.3 8.3 +1,100
Maronite Catholic 1,535 7.9 4.3 1,397 7.7 4.1 +138
Anglican 1,253 6.5 9.6 1,532 8.5 12.1 -279
Hinduism 937 4.8 10.0 479 2.7 5.7 +458
Buddhism 659 3.4 2.7 545 3.0 2.5 +114
Greek Orthodox 448 2.3 2.5 551 3.1 2.9 -104
Other Eastern Orthodox 401 2.1 1.3 299 1.7 1.1 +103
Uniting Church 317 1.6 2.1 391 2.2 2.7 -74
Sikhism 272 1.4 1.3 38 0.2 0.5 +234
Christian,nfd 248 1.3 1.4 179 1.0 1.0 +69
Presbyterian and Reformed 243 1.3 1.6 281 1.6 1.9 -38
Pentecostal 194 1.0 1.1 221 1.2 1.1 -27
Baptist 184 1.0 1.2 194 1.1 1.3 -9
Serbian Orthodox 131 0.7 0.3 170 0.9 0.4 -38
Coptic Orthodox 119 0.6 0.4 110 0.6 0.4 +8
Seventh Day Adventist 71 0.4 0.3 63 0.3 0.3 +8
Other Eastern Catholic 70 0.4 0.3 68 0.4 0.2 +2
Other Non-Christian Religions 69 0.4 0.4 20 0.1 0.3 +49
Jehova's Witnesses 65 0.3 0.2 72 0.4 0.3 -7
Other Protestant 56 0.3 0.3 47 0.3 0.2 +9
Russian Orthodox 53 0.3 0.2 51 0.3 0.2 +2
Other Oriental Orthodox 40 0.2 0.1 27 0.2 0.1 +12
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 39 0.2 0.3 70 0.4 0.3 -31
Salvation Army 34 0.2 0.1 17 0.1 0.1 +17
Lutheran 30 0.2 0.2 43 0.2 0.3 -13
Other Christian 28 0.1 0.2 45 0.3 0.2 -18
Assyrian Apostolic 25 0.1 0.1 27 0.2 0.1 -2
Armenian Apostolic 24 0.1 0.1 28 0.2 0.1 -4
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
Merrylands 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % Holroyd City Number % Holroyd City 2006 to 2011
Christian total 10,772 55.6 58.8 11,327 62.7 65.6 -555
Non Christian total 5,491 28.3 25.2 3,531 19.5 17.6 +1,960
Non-classifiable religious belief 99 0.5 0.4 47 0.3 0.4 +52
No religion 1,403 7.2 8.4 1,353 7.5 8.1 +50
Not stated 1,617 8.3 7.1 1,815 10.0 8.3 -198
Total Population 19,383 100.0 100.0 18,074 100.0 100.0 +1,309

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, Holroyd City: 30.5% Islam, Holroyd City: 10.4% Maronite Catholic, Holroyd City: 4.3% Anglican, Holroyd City: 9.6% Hinduism, Holroyd City: 10.0% Buddhism, Holroyd City: 2.7% Greek Orthodox, Holroyd City: 2.5% Other Eastern Orthodox, Holroyd City: 1.3% Uniting Church, Holroyd City: 2.1% Sikhism, Holroyd City: 1.3% Western (Roman) Catholic, Merrylands: 26.4% Islam, Merrylands: 18.1% Maronite Catholic, Merrylands: 7.9% Anglican, Merrylands: 6.5% Hinduism, Merrylands: 4.8% Buddhism, Merrylands: 3.4% Greek Orthodox, Merrylands: 2.3% Other Eastern Orthodox, Merrylands: 2.1% Uniting Church, Merrylands: 1.6% Sikhism, Merrylands: 1.4% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, Merrylands: -281 Islam, Merrylands: +1,100 Maronite Catholic, Merrylands: +138 Anglican, Merrylands: -279 Hinduism, Merrylands: +458 Buddhism, Merrylands: +114 Greek Orthodox, Merrylands: -104 Other Eastern Orthodox, Merrylands: +103 Uniting Church, Merrylands: -74 Sikhism, Merrylands: +234 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Merrylands in 2011 compared to Holroyd City shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 83.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 7.2% said they had no religion, compared with 84.1% and 8.4% respectively for Holroyd City.

The largest single religion in Merrylands was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.4% of the population or 5,126 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Merrylands and Holroyd City were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (18.1% compared to 10.4%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Maronite Catholic (7.9% compared to 4.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (4.8% compared to 10.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (26.4% compared to 30.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Merrylands between 2006 and 2011 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+1,100 persons)
  • Hinduism (+458 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-281 persons)
  • Anglican (-279 persons)