Blacktown City
Religion
In Blacktown City in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (28.5% of all people), while 15.2% of people had no religion and 7.3% did not answer the question on religion.
Blacktown City'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.
Blacktown City'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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| Blacktown City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | WSROC Region % | Number | % | WSROC Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 189,860 | 56.3 | 52.4 | 35500 | 201,235 | 66.8 | 61.2 | -11,375 |
| Non Christian total | 70,076 | 20.8 | 21.3 | 35501 | 48,192 | 16.0 | 18.9 | +21,884 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 1,299 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 35502 | 1,527 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -228 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 51,073 | 15.2 | 17.8 | 35503 | 32,304 | 10.7 | 12.5 | +18,769 |
| Not stated | 24,656 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 35504 | 17,836 | 5.9 | 6.9 | +6,820 |
| Total Population | 336,964 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 301,094 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +35,870 | |
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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| Blacktown City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | WSROC Region % | Number | % | WSROC Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 96,104 | 28.5 | 25.6 | 35044 | 100,152 | 33.3 | 29.6 | -4,048 |
| Anglican | 35,864 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 35000 | 44,923 | 14.9 | 13.6 | -9,059 |
| Hinduism | 28,781 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 35016 | 17,401 | 5.8 | 4.4 | +11,380 |
| Islam | 22,645 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 35017 | 17,506 | 5.8 | 7.0 | +5,139 |
| Sikhism | 11,380 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 35041 | 6,822 | 2.3 | 0.9 | +4,558 |
| Christian,nfd | 10,681 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 35011 | 7,276 | 2.4 | 1.9 | +3,405 |
| Pentecostal | 7,563 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 35033 | 6,621 | 2.2 | 1.4 | +942 |
| Uniting Church | 6,278 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 35043 | 8,240 | 2.7 | 2.4 | -1,962 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 5,987 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 35036 | 6,695 | 2.2 | 2.2 | -708 |
| Buddhism | 5,731 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 35008 | 5,147 | 1.7 | 5.9 | +584 |
| Baptist | 4,499 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 35006 | 4,667 | 1.6 | 1.6 | -168 |
| Greek Orthodox | 3,894 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 35015 | 4,058 | 1.3 | 1.6 | -164 |
| Other Protestant | 3,124 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 35034 | 1,986 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +1,138 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 3,049 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 35014 | 2,769 | 0.9 | 0.5 | +280 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 2,344 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 35020 | 2,246 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +98 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 1,827 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 35040 | 1,810 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +17 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 1,186 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 35018 | 1,182 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +4 |
| Maronite Catholic | 1,156 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 35023 | 957 | 0.3 | 0.9 | +199 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 1,016 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 35028 | 728 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +288 |
| Churches of Christ | 946 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 35013 | 931 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +15 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 802 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 35039 | 848 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -46 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 618 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35029 | 1,194 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -576 |
| Baha'i | 503 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35005 | 365 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +138 |
| Salvation Army | 501 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35038 | 635 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -134 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 498 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 35031 | 376 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +122 |
| Russian Orthodox | 482 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35037 | 495 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -13 |
| Lutheran | 458 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35021 | 865 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -407 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 385 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35032 | 282 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +103 |
| Other Christian | 328 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35027 | 734 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -406 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 227 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35022 | 231 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -4 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 213 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35001 | 254 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -41 |
| Assyrian Apostolic | 171 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 35003 | 176 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -5 |
| Judaism | 151 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35019 | 146 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Paganism | 138 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35035 | 142 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Brethren | 106 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35007 | 201 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -95 |
| Spiritualism | 85 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35042 | 95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -10 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35045 | 88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -29 |
| Christadelphian | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35010 | 79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -26 |
| Other Nature Religions | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35030 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Chinese and Japanese Religions | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35009 | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -8 |
| Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35004 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
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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 Blacktown City in 2016 compared to WSROC Region shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 77.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 15.2% said they had no religion, compared with 73.8% and 17.8% respectively for WSROC Region.
The largest single religion in Blacktown City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 28.5% of the population or 96,104 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Blacktown City and WSROC Region were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (28.5% compared to 25.6%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (8.5% compared to 6.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (3.4% compared to 1.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (1.7% compared to 5.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Blacktown City between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Hinduism (+11,380 persons)
- Anglican (-9,059 persons)
- Islam (+5,139 persons)
- Sikhism (+4,558 persons)