Parkes - Rural
Religion
In Parkes - Rural in 2016, the largest religious group was Anglican (26.2% of all people), while 13.4% of people had no religion and 10.2% did not answer the question on religion.
Parkes - Rural'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.
Parkes - Rural'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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| Parkes - Rural - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Parkes Shire % | Number | % | Parkes Shire % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Christian total | 1,218 | 76.2 | 72.5 | 35500 | 1,282 | 82.5 | 81.0 | -63 |
| Non Christian total | 1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 35501 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -6 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 35502 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -3 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 213 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 35503 | 108 | 7.0 | 9.3 | +105 |
| Not stated | 163 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 35504 | 151 | 9.7 | 8.6 | +12 |
| Total Population | 1,599 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,555 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +45 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Parkes - Rural - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Parkes Shire % | Number | % | Parkes Shire % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Anglican | 424 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 35000 | 446 | 28.7 | 29.5 | -22 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 411 | 25.4 | 27.3 | 35044 | 431 | 27.7 | 29.5 | -20 |
| Uniting Church | 127 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 35043 | 159 | 10.3 | 8.4 | -32 |
| Baptist | 88 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 35006 | 70 | 4.5 | 2.8 | +19 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 73 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 35036 | 60 | 3.9 | 5.0 | +13 |
| Christian,nfd | 59 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 35011 | 37 | 2.4 | 1.8 | +22 |
| Pentecostal | 20 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 35033 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.1 | +5 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. 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).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Parkes - Rural in 2016 compared to Parkes Shire shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 76.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 13.4% said they had no religion, compared with 73.5% and 16.0% respectively for Parkes Shire.
The largest single religion in Parkes - Rural was Anglican, with 26.2% of the population or 424 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Parkes - Rural and Parkes Shire were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Baptist (5.5% compared to 2.7%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (3.7% compared to 2.0%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (25.4% compared to 27.3%)
Emerging groups
There were no major differences in Parkes - Rural between 2011 and 2016.