Taree and surrounds
Religion
In Taree and surrounds in 2016, the largest religious group was Anglican (27.4% of all people), while 24.1% of people had no religion and 8.8% did not answer the question on religion.
Taree and surrounds'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.
Taree and surrounds'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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| Taree and surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Wingham and surrounds % | Number | % | Wingham and surrounds % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 17,003 | 65.1 | 63.1 | 35500 | 18,607 | 73.3 | 70.2 | -1,604 |
| Non Christian total | 423 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 35501 | 343 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +80 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 99 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 35502 | 125 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -26 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 6,299 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 35503 | 4,285 | 16.9 | 19.1 | +2,014 |
| Not stated | 2,286 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 35504 | 2,022 | 8.0 | 8.6 | +264 |
| Total Population | 26,110 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25,382 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +728 | |
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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| Taree and surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Wingham and surrounds % | Number | % | Wingham and surrounds % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Anglican | 7,157 | 27.4 | 29.8 | 35000 | 8,183 | 32.2 | 34.1 | -1,026 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 4,797 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 35044 | 5,009 | 19.7 | 16.9 | -212 |
| Uniting Church | 1,490 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 35043 | 1,799 | 7.1 | 6.2 | -309 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 995 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 35036 | 1,021 | 4.0 | 6.0 | -26 |
| Other Christian | 691 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 35027 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +685 |
| Baptist | 680 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 35006 | 645 | 2.5 | 1.8 | +35 |
| Pentecostal | 259 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 35033 | 227 | 0.9 | 0.4 | +32 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 254 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 35018 | 246 | 1.0 | 0.3 | +8 |
| Salvation Army | 238 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 35038 | 300 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -62 |
| Buddhism | 192 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 35008 | 206 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -14 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 87 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 35040 | 131 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -44 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 82 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35020 | 79 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +3 |
| Churches of Christ | 74 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 35013 | 99 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -25 |
| Other Protestant | 71 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35034 | 44 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +27 |
| Hinduism | 65 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35016 | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +27 |
| Islam | 57 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35017 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +26 |
| Greek Orthodox | 55 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 35015 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +18 |
| Lutheran | 38 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35021 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Paganism | 22 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35035 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +1 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 18 | 0.1 | -- | 35014 | 16 | 0.1 | -- | +2 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35045 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Judaism | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35019 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -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.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Taree and surrounds in 2016 compared to Wingham and surrounds shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 66.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 24.1% said they had no religion, compared with 64.5% and 25.5% respectively for Wingham and surrounds.
The largest single religion in Taree and surrounds was Anglican, with 27.4% of the population or 7,157 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Taree and surrounds and Wingham and surrounds were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (18.4% compared to 16.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (27.4% compared to 29.8%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (3.8% compared to 4.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Taree and surrounds between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-1,026 persons)
- Other Christian (+685 persons)
- Uniting Church (-309 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-212 persons)