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In National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.5% of all people), while 32.7% of people had no religion and 6.4% did not answer the question on religion.

National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)'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.

National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)'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
National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) - Total persons (Usual residence)20211991Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %1991 to 2021
Christian total2,324,54044.545.8715,17077.2--+1,609,370
Non Christian total828,31615.917.019,3042.1--+809,012
Non-classifiable religious belief26,9050.50.53,0790.3--+23,826
No Religion/secular beliefs1,705,80832.730.5109,57211.8--+1,596,236
Not stated334,2696.46.278,7228.5--+255,547
Total Population5,219,838100.0100.0925,847100.0--+4,293,991
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) - Total persons (Usual residence)20211991Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %1991 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,068,46220.522.1263,30628.4--+805,156
Anglican443,8928.59.2264,70628.6--+179,186
Islam313,3726.06.38,8571.0--+304,515
Hinduism248,5954.84.82,7510.3--+245,844
Christian,nfd187,3453.62.59,0981.0--+178,247
Buddhism120,7322.33.85,0660.5--+115,666
Sikhism114,0712.20.74540.0--+113,617
Uniting Church95,7081.81.560,7886.6--+34,920
Baptist83,8181.61.217,7471.9--+66,071
Pentecostal77,4061.50.99,0501.0--+68,356
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 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 National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 60.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 32.7% said they had no religion, compared with 62.8% and 30.5% respectively for Greater Sydney.

The largest single religion in National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.5% of the population or 1,068,462 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) and Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (2.2% compared to 0.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.5% compared to 22.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.3% compared to 3.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (1.2% compared to 2.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) between 1991 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+805,156 persons)
  • Islam (+304,515 persons)
  • Hinduism (+245,844 persons)
  • Anglican (+179,186 persons)

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