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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens in 2021, the largest religious group was Hinduism (18.7% of all people), while 30.3% of people had no religion and 4.5% did not answer the question on religion.
Greenacres - Hampstead 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.
Greenacres - Hampstead 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.
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Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
| Religion - Summary | |||||||
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| Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | City of Port Adelaide Enfield % | Number | % | City of Port Adelaide Enfield % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Christian total | 1,558 | 31.8 | 36.5 | 1,693 | 40.1 | 44.4 | -135 |
| Non Christian total | 1,617 | 33.0 | 19.9 | 912 | 21.6 | 15.0 | +705 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 20 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 27 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -7 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 1,486 | 30.3 | 37.2 | 1,257 | 29.7 | 31.4 | +229 |
| Not stated | 220 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 338 | 8.0 | 8.6 | -118 |
| Total Population | 4,901 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,227 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +674 |
| Religion - Ranked by size | |||||||
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| Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Religion | Number | % | City of Port Adelaide Enfield % | Number | % | City of Port Adelaide Enfield % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Hinduism | 915 | 18.7 | 6.0 | 434 | 10.3 | 3.6 | +481 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 771 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 768 | 18.2 | 19.6 | +3 |
| Sikhism | 267 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 163 | 3.9 | 1.4 | +104 |
| Islam | 230 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 156 | 3.7 | 4.8 | +74 |
| Anglican | 168 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 218 | 5.2 | 6.9 | -50 |
| Buddhism | 151 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 135 | 3.2 | 4.5 | +16 |
| Greek Orthodox | 117 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 117 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0 |
| Christian,nfd | 98 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0 | -- | 2.5 | +98 |
| Uniting Church | 98 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 195 | 4.6 | 4.4 | -97 |
| Pentecostal | 60 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 40 | 0.9 | 1.2 | +20 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens in 2021 compared to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 64.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 30.3% said they had no religion, compared with 56.4% and 37.2% respectively for the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
The largest single religion in Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens was Hinduism, with 18.7% of the population or 915 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (18.7% compared to 6.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (5.4% compared to 2.9%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (3.4% compared to 4.8%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (3.1% compared to 4.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Greenacres - Hampstead Gardens between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Hinduism (+481 persons)
- Sikhism (+104 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+98 persons)
- Uniting Church (-97 persons)
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