Lalor Park
Religion
In Lalor Park in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (26.1% of all people), while 20.6% of people had no religion and 8.9% did not answer the question on religion.
Lalor Park'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.
Lalor Park'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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| Lalor Park - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Blacktown City % | Number | % | Blacktown City % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 4,651 | 61.3 | 56.3 | 35500 | 5,012 | 70.1 | 66.8 | -362 |
| Non Christian total | 674 | 8.9 | 20.8 | 35501 | 571 | 8.0 | 16.0 | +103 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 23 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35502 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -8 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 1,559 | 20.6 | 15.2 | 35503 | 1,086 | 15.2 | 10.7 | +473 |
| Not stated | 675 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 35504 | 449 | 6.3 | 5.9 | +226 |
| Total Population | 7,583 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,151 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +432 | |
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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| Lalor Park - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Blacktown City % | Number | % | Blacktown City % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 1,979 | 26.1 | 28.5 | 35044 | 2,112 | 29.5 | 33.3 | -133 |
| Anglican | 1,142 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 35000 | 1,543 | 21.6 | 14.9 | -401 |
| Islam | 267 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 35017 | 242 | 3.4 | 5.8 | +25 |
| Other Christian | 259 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 35027 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +244 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 239 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 35036 | 270 | 3.8 | 2.2 | -30 |
| Hinduism | 221 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 35016 | 204 | 2.9 | 5.8 | +17 |
| Pentecostal | 191 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 35033 | 142 | 2.0 | 2.2 | +48 |
| Uniting Church | 164 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 35043 | 214 | 3.0 | 2.7 | -51 |
| Baptist | 152 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 35006 | 147 | 2.1 | 1.6 | +5 |
| Buddhism | 94 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 35008 | 56 | 0.8 | 1.7 | +37 |
| Greek Orthodox | 90 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 35015 | 82 | 1.2 | 1.3 | +7 |
| Sikhism | 65 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 35041 | 38 | 0.5 | 2.3 | +27 |
| Maronite Catholic | 64 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 35023 | 40 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +24 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 61 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 35020 | 40 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +21 |
| Other Protestant | 61 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 35034 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +28 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 42 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 35040 | 38 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +4 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 38 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 35014 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.9 | +28 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 34 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35018 | 47 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -13 |
| Salvation Army | 22 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 35038 | 31 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -8 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 22 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35039 | 24 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -1 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 13 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35029 | 20 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -6 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 12 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35032 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Lutheran | 12 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35021 | 22 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -10 |
| Churches of Christ | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35013 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -3 |
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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).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Lalor Park in 2016 compared to the Blacktown City shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 70.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 20.6% said they had no religion, compared with 77.1% and 15.2% respectively for the Blacktown City.
The largest single religion in Lalor Park was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.1% of the population or 1,979 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Lalor Park and the Blacktown City were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (15.1% compared to 10.6%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Christian (3.4% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (2.9% compared to 8.5%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (3.5% compared to 6.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Lalor Park between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-401 persons)
- Other Christian (+244 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-133 persons)
- Uniting Church (-51 persons)