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In Dundas Ward in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.7% of all people), while 29.7% of people had no religion and 5.9% did not answer the question on religion.

Dundas Ward'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.

Dundas Ward'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Dundas Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Parramatta %Number%City of Parramatta %2016 to 2021
Christian total20,01147.839.020,70851.744.4-698
Non Christian total6,71716.124.25,65214.121.4+1,065
Non-classifiable religious belief2170.50.41420.40.4+75
No Religion/secular beliefs12,42529.729.910,38125.924.7+2,043
Not stated2,4515.96.43,1898.09.1-738
Total Population41,821100.0100.040,074100.0100.0+1,746
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Dundas Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Parramatta %Number%City of Parramatta %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic8,65820.717.19,03822.519.1-381
Anglican2,7146.56.03,3198.38.3-605
Islam2,3575.65.51,6684.24.3+689
Hinduism2,1495.112.91,6674.211.3+482
Presbyterian and Reformed1,5593.73.11,6544.13.4-95
Buddhism1,5113.64.01,5133.83.8-3
Christian,nfd1,3993.32.75891.52.3+809
Maronite Catholic1,3683.31.71,0862.71.6+282
Baptist8722.11.88962.21.9-25
Uniting Church8031.91.81,1062.82.5-303
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Dundas Ward in 2021 compared to the City of Parramatta shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 63.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 29.7% said they had no religion, compared with 63.2% and 29.9% respectively for the City of Parramatta.

The largest single religion in Dundas Ward was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.7% of the population or 8,658 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Dundas Ward and the City of Parramatta were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.7% compared to 17.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Maronite Catholic (3.3% compared to 1.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (5.1% compared to 12.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Dundas Ward between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Christian,nfd (+809 persons)
  • Islam (+689 persons)
  • Anglican (-605 persons)
  • Hinduism (+482 persons)

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