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Tamworth Regional Council

Religion

In Tamworth Regional Council in 2021, the largest religious group was Anglican (24.0% of all people), while 31.3% of people had no religion and 7.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Tamworth Regional Council'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.

Tamworth Regional Council'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
Tamworth Regional Council - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2006 to 2021
Christian total36,51057.951.144,25282.573.9-7,742
Non Christian total1,6392.63.03800.71.5+1,258
Non-classifiable religious belief2220.40.51780.30.6+44
No Religion/secular beliefs19,75631.337.65,0989.514.5+14,657
Not stated4,9367.87.73,7527.09.5+1,183
Total Population63,063100.0100.053,662100.0100.0+9,400
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Tamworth Regional Council - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2006 to 2021
Anglican15,15624.017.020,62738.428.2-5,472
Western (Roman) Catholic13,72421.821.014,22626.526.6-502
Uniting Church2,1533.43.33,3956.36.6-1,243
Presbyterian and Reformed1,8162.92.62,8445.34.6-1,029
Christian,nfd1,3742.22.28741.61.4+500
Baptist5690.91.25861.11.4-17
Pentecostal5460.90.83720.70.9+174
Hinduism5260.80.7510.10.2+475
Buddhism3980.60.81380.30.6+260
Islam3230.50.7630.10.3+260
Show all (31 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Tamworth Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 60.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 31.3% said they had no religion, compared with 54.1% and 37.6% respectively for Regional NSW.

The largest single religion in Tamworth Regional Council was Anglican, with 24.0% of the population or 15,156 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Tamworth Regional Council and Regional NSW was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (24.0% compared to 17.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Tamworth Regional Council between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-5,472 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-1,243 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-1,029 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-502 persons)

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