Wentworthville

Religion

In Wentworthville, the number of non Christians experienced the greatest change (+1,120) compared to Christians and the non religious.

Wentworthville'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.

Wentworthville'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
Wentworthville 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % Holroyd City Number % Holroyd City 2006 to 2011
Hinduism 1,810 25.9 10.0 951 14.9 5.7 +859
Western (Roman) Catholic 1,479 21.2 30.5 1,639 25.7 33.9 -160
Anglican 617 8.8 9.6 773 12.1 12.1 -156
Islam 415 5.9 10.4 341 5.4 8.3 +75
Sikhism 236 3.4 1.3 101 1.6 0.5 +135
Buddhism 186 2.7 2.7 147 2.3 2.5 +39
Uniting Church 162 2.3 2.1 164 2.6 2.7 -1
Maronite Catholic 123 1.8 4.3 116 1.8 4.1 +7
Presbyterian and Reformed 121 1.7 1.6 124 2.0 1.9 -4
Greek Orthodox 121 1.7 2.5 126 2.0 2.9 -5
Christian,nfd 111 1.6 1.4 90 1.4 1.0 +21
Pentecostal 78 1.1 1.1 71 1.1 1.1 +7
Baptist 77 1.1 1.2 102 1.6 1.3 -25
Other Non-Christian Religions 47 0.7 0.4 13 0.2 0.3 +34
Other Eastern Orthodox 38 0.5 1.3 26 0.4 1.1 +11
Other Christian 30 0.4 0.2 23 0.4 0.2 +7
Jehova's Witnesses 20 0.3 0.2 21 0.3 0.3 -1
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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
Wentworthville 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % Holroyd City Number % Holroyd City 2006 to 2011
Christian total 3,097 44.3 58.8 3,480 54.6 65.6 -382
Non Christian total 2,713 38.8 25.2 1,594 25.0 17.6 +1,120
Non-classifiable religious belief 33 0.5 0.4 14 0.2 0.4 +19
No religion 645 9.2 8.4 657 10.3 8.1 -11
Not stated 504 7.2 7.1 630 9.9 8.3 -126
Total Population 6,994 100.0 100.0 6,375 100.0 100.0 +619

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 Hinduism, Holroyd City: 10.0% Western (Roman) Catholic, Holroyd City: 30.5% Anglican, Holroyd City: 9.6% Islam, Holroyd City: 10.4% Sikhism, Holroyd City: 1.3% Buddhism, Holroyd City: 2.7% Uniting Church, Holroyd City: 2.1% Maronite Catholic, Holroyd City: 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, Holroyd City: 1.6% Greek Orthodox, Holroyd City: 2.5% Hinduism, Wentworthville: 25.9% Western (Roman) Catholic, Wentworthville: 21.2% Anglican, Wentworthville: 8.8% Islam, Wentworthville: 5.9% Sikhism, Wentworthville: 3.4% Buddhism, Wentworthville: 2.7% Uniting Church, Wentworthville: 2.3% Maronite Catholic, Wentworthville: 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, Wentworthville: 1.7% Greek Orthodox, Wentworthville: 1.7% ​
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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 Hinduism, Wentworthville: +859 Western (Roman) Catholic, Wentworthville: -160 Anglican, Wentworthville: -156 Islam, Wentworthville: +75 Sikhism, Wentworthville: +135 Buddhism, Wentworthville: +39 Uniting Church, Wentworthville: -1 Maronite Catholic, Wentworthville: +7 Presbyterian and Reformed, Wentworthville: -4 Greek Orthodox, Wentworthville: -5 ​
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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 Wentworthville in 2011 compared to Holroyd City shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 83.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 9.2% said they had no religion, compared with 84.1% and 8.4% respectively for Holroyd City.

The largest single religion in Wentworthville was Hinduism, with 25.9% of the population or 1,810 people as adherents.

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

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (25.9% compared to 10.0%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (3.4% compared to 1.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (21.2% compared to 30.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (5.9% compared to 10.4%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Hinduism (+859 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-160 persons)
  • Anglican (-156 persons)
  • Sikhism (+135 persons)