Horsley Park
Religion
In Horsley Park in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (60.0% of all people), while 6.0% of people had no religion and 9.2% did not answer the question on religion.
Horsley 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.
Horsley 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
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)
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Horsley Park - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
Religion | Number | % | Fairfield Place % | Number | % | Fairfield Place % | 2011 to 2016 | |
Western (Roman) Catholic | 1,103 | 60.0 | 25.3 | 35044 | 1,235 | 64.8 | 29.9 | -132 |
Anglican | 104 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 35000 | 127 | 6.7 | 5.2 | -23 |
Assyrian Apostolic | 53 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 35003 | 46 | 2.5 | 4.8 | +6 |
Buddhism | 41 | 2.2 | 14.5 | 35008 | 54 | 2.9 | 16.4 | -14 |
Other Eastern Catholic | 26 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 35028 | 15 | 0.8 | 1.9 | +10 |
Other Christian | 25 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 35027 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +25 |
Hinduism | 25 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 35016 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.9 | +15 |
Islam | 22 | 1.2 | 12.0 | 35017 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | +22 |
Greek Orthodox | 22 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 35015 | 32 | 1.7 | 1.4 | -10 |
Uniting Church | 19 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 35043 | 13 | 0.7 | 1.2 | +5 |
Armenian Apostolic | 15 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 35001 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +8 |
Jehova's Witnesses | 13 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 35018 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +5 |
Pentecostal | 12 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 35033 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | +6 |
Serbian Orthodox | 12 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 35039 | 11 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
Baptist | 11 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 35006 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | +11 |
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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.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Horsley Park in 2016 compared to Fairfield Place shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 84.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 6.0% said they had no religion, compared with 80.4% and 11.4% respectively for Fairfield Place.
The largest single religion in Horsley Park was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 60.0% of the population or 1,103 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Horsley Park and Fairfield Place were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (60.0% compared to 25.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.2% compared to 14.5%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (1.2% compared to 12.0%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Other Eastern Catholic (1.4% compared to 3.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Horsley Park between 2011 and 2016 was for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-132 persons)