Glenfield - Bardia
Religion
In Glenfield - Bardia in 2021, the largest religious group was Hinduism (18.9% of all people), while 16.9% of people had no religion and 7.1% did not answer the question on religion.
Glenfield - Bardia'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.
Glenfield - Bardia'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
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
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Glenfield - Bardia - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
Religion | Number | % | Rosemeadow % | Number | % | Rosemeadow % | 2016 to 2021 | |
Hinduism | 3,079 | 18.9 | 1.6 | 35016 | 1,408 | 12.5 | 1.4 | +1,671 |
Western (Roman) Catholic | 2,768 | 17.0 | 25.1 | 35044 | 2,346 | 20.9 | 29.2 | +422 |
Islam | 2,308 | 14.2 | 5.1 | 35017 | 1,232 | 11.0 | 3.8 | +1,076 |
Anglican | 882 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 35000 | 967 | 8.6 | 17.0 | -85 |
Buddhism | 578 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 35008 | 393 | 3.5 | 4.0 | +185 |
Christian,nfd | 570 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35011 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +570 |
Pentecostal | 277 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 35033 | 239 | 2.1 | 1.9 | +38 |
Presbyterian and Reformed | 220 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 35036 | 149 | 1.3 | 1.8 | +71 |
Greek Orthodox | 187 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 35015 | 158 | 1.4 | 0.9 | +29 |
Coptic Orthodox | 182 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 35014 | 129 | 1.1 | 0.3 | +53 |
Sikhism | 179 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 35041 | 136 | 1.2 | 0.2 | +43 |
Uniting Church | 163 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 35043 | 130 | 1.2 | 1.7 | +33 |
Baptist | 152 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 35006 | 133 | 1.2 | 1.5 | +19 |
Seventh Day Adventist | 126 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 35040 | 84 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +42 |
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 94 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 35020 | 54 | 0.5 | 1.1 | +40 |
Other Protestant | 80 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 35034 | 81 | 0.7 | 0.8 | -1 |
Serbian Orthodox | 63 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 35039 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +42 |
Jehova's Witnesses | 62 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 35018 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +34 |
Other Non-Christian Religions | 57 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 35031 | 32 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +25 |
Other Oriental Orthodox | 56 | 0.3 | -- | 35032 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +11 |
Other Eastern Catholic | 56 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35028 | 59 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -3 |
Macedonian Orthodox | 32 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35022 | 23 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +9 |
Russian Orthodox | 24 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35037 | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1 |
Lutheran | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35021 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +9 |
Other Eastern Orthodox | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35029 | 11 | 0.1 | -- | +7 |
Brethren | 18 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 35007 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +11 |
Maronite Catholic | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35023 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
Salvation Army | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35038 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +6 |
Assyrian Apostolic | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35003 | 4 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. 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).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Glenfield - Bardia in 2021 compared to Rosemeadow shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 75.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 16.9% said they had no religion, compared with 64.7% and 28.1% respectively for Rosemeadow.
The largest single religion in Glenfield - Bardia was Hinduism, with 18.9% of the population or 3,079 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Glenfield - Bardia and Rosemeadow were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (18.9% compared to 1.6%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (14.2% compared to 5.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.0% compared to 25.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.4% compared to 12.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Glenfield - Bardia between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Hinduism (+1,671 persons)
- Islam (+1,076 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+570 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (+422 persons)