Taylors Hill
Religion
In Taylors Hill in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (34.9% of all people), while 17.1% of people had no religion and 4.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Taylors Hill'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.
Taylors Hill'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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| Taylors Hill - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Rockbank % | Number | % | Rockbank % | 2006 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 8,901 | 57.7 | 37.8 | 35500 | 4,433 | 66.8 | 70.9 | +4,468 |
| Non Christian total | 3,216 | 20.9 | 32.2 | 35501 | 1,077 | 16.2 | 2.8 | +2,139 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 47 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35502 | 26 | 0.4 | 1.1 | +21 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 2,632 | 17.1 | 20.8 | 35503 | 621 | 9.4 | 15.8 | +2,011 |
| Not stated | 619 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 35504 | 474 | 7.2 | 9.5 | +144 |
| Total Population | 15,415 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,632 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,783 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Taylors Hill - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Rockbank % | Number | % | Rockbank % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 5,387 | 34.9 | 20.8 | 35044 | 2,807 | 42.3 | 41.0 | +2,579 |
| Islam | 1,197 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 35017 | 429 | 6.5 | 2.6 | +767 |
| Hinduism | 795 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 35016 | 169 | 2.6 | 0.0 | +625 |
| Buddhism | 770 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 35008 | 362 | 5.5 | -- | +407 |
| Christian,nfd | 740 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 35011 | 106 | 1.6 | 1.4 | +633 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 577 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 35022 | 257 | 3.9 | 0.2 | +319 |
| Greek Orthodox | 575 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 35015 | 293 | 4.4 | 2.7 | +282 |
| Sikhism | 433 | 2.8 | 12.2 | 35041 | 115 | 1.7 | -- | +318 |
| Anglican | 401 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 35000 | 258 | 3.9 | 13.2 | +142 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 228 | 1.5 | -- | 35014 | 38 | 0.6 | -- | +189 |
| Pentecostal | 178 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 35033 | 66 | 1.0 | 1.4 | +111 |
| Uniting Church | 137 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 35043 | 96 | 1.4 | 2.8 | +41 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 118 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 35039 | 83 | 1.3 | 0.2 | +34 |
| Baptist | 84 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 35006 | 59 | 0.9 | 0.7 | +24 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 77 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 35032 | 8 | 0.1 | -- | +69 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 74 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35036 | 51 | 0.8 | 1.9 | +22 |
| Other Protestant | 63 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 35034 | 26 | 0.4 | 0.0 | +36 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 54 | 0.4 | -- | 35028 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +54 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 40 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 35018 | 24 | 0.4 | 3.6 | +15 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 36 | 0.2 | -- | 35040 | 24 | 0.4 | -- | +12 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 25 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35029 | 155 | 2.3 | 0.7 | -130 |
| Lutheran | 24 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35021 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +12 |
| Churches of Christ | 18 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35013 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +6 |
| Russian Orthodox | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35037 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +12 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 14 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 35020 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Other Christian | 13 | 0.1 | -- | 35027 | 16 | 0.2 | -- | -3 |
| Salvation Army | 12 | 0.1 | -- | 35038 | 10 | 0.2 | -- | +2 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35031 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +10 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. 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 Taylors Hill in 2021 compared to Rockbank shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 78.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 17.1% said they had no religion, compared with 70.0% and 20.8% respectively for Rockbank.
The largest single religion in Taylors Hill was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 34.9% of the population or 5,387 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Taylors Hill and Rockbank were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (34.9% compared to 20.8%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Macedonian Orthodox (3.7% compared to 0.5%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Sikhism (2.8% compared to 12.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (5.2% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Taylors Hill between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (+2,579 persons)
- Islam (+767 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+633 persons)
- Hinduism (+625 persons)