Stanhope Gardens
Religion
In Stanhope Gardens in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (27.6% of all people), while 16.7% of people had no religion and 6.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Stanhope Gardens'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.
Stanhope Gardens'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
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| Stanhope Gardens - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region % | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 4,996 | 54.5 | 53.4 | 35500 | 5,224 | 63.8 | 62.2 | -229 |
| Non Christian total | 2,053 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 35501 | 1,578 | 19.3 | 18.2 | +475 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 36 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 35502 | 27 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +9 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 1,527 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 35503 | 1,021 | 12.5 | 12.3 | +506 |
| Not stated | 548 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 35504 | 337 | 4.1 | 6.8 | +210 |
| Total Population | 9,160 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,189 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +971 | |
The Greater Western Sydney Region comprises the following 13 LGA's: Blacktown (C), Blue Mountains (C), Camden (A), Campbelltown (C), Canterbury Bankstown (A), Cumberland (A), Fairfield (C), Hawkesbury (C), Liverpool (C), Parramatta (C), Penrith (C), The Hills Shire (A) and Wollondilly (A).
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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| Stanhope Gardens - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region % | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 2,527 | 27.6 | 25.4 | 35044 | 2,571 | 31.4 | 29.2 | -44 |
| Hinduism | 1,081 | 11.8 | 4.9 | 35016 | 714 | 8.7 | 3.6 | +367 |
| Anglican | 1,000 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 35000 | 1,177 | 14.4 | 14.5 | -177 |
| Islam | 481 | 5.2 | 9.1 | 35017 | 470 | 5.7 | 8.0 | +11 |
| Pentecostal | 311 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 35033 | 302 | 3.7 | 1.4 | +9 |
| Other Christian | 251 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 35027 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +233 |
| Sikhism | 239 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 35041 | 161 | 2.0 | 0.7 | +78 |
| Uniting Church | 178 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 35043 | 226 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -49 |
| Buddhism | 172 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 35008 | 177 | 2.2 | 5.3 | -6 |
| Baptist | 151 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 35006 | 107 | 1.3 | 1.6 | +43 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 141 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 35036 | 160 | 2.0 | 2.2 | -20 |
| Greek Orthodox | 79 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 35015 | 89 | 1.1 | 2.5 | -10 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 55 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 35020 | 70 | 0.9 | 0.4 | -16 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 54 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 35040 | 51 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +3 |
| Other Protestant | 54 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 35034 | 35 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +19 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 47 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 35014 | 33 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +14 |
| Baha'i | 35 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 35005 | 21 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 26 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 35001 | 20 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Churches of Christ | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35013 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35032 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 18 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35018 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +1 |
| Judaism | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35019 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 15 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 35031 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +2 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 13 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 35039 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -6 |
| Lutheran | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35021 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +1 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 35029 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.8 | -4 |
| Salvation Army | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35038 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
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The Greater Western Sydney Region comprises the following 13 LGA's: Blacktown (C), Blue Mountains (C), Camden (A), Campbelltown (C), Canterbury Bankstown (A), Cumberland (A), Fairfield (C), Hawkesbury (C), Liverpool (C), Parramatta (C), Penrith (C), The Hills Shire (A) and Wollondilly (A).
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 Stanhope Gardens in 2016 compared to Greater Western Sydney 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, 77.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 16.7% said they had no religion, compared with 74.0% and 17.8% respectively for Greater Western Sydney Region.
The largest single religion in Stanhope Gardens was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 27.6% of the population or 2,527 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Stanhope Gardens and Greater Western Sydney Region were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (11.8% compared to 4.9%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Christian (2.7% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (5.2% compared to 9.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (1.9% compared to 4.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Stanhope Gardens between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Hinduism (+367 persons)
- Other Christian (+233 persons)
- Anglican (-177 persons)
- Sikhism (+78 persons)