Hutt City
Religion
In 2013, the largest single religion in the Hutt City was Catholic, with 15.1% of the population or 14,868 people as adherents.
The Hutt City'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.
The Hutt City's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Māori Descent, Country of Birth data and Languages Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is your religion?'.
Multi-response
Total population
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Hutt City | 2013 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - multi-response | Number | % of total population | Wellington Region % | Number | % of total population | Wellington Region % | 2006 to 2013 | |
| Catholic | 14,868 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 874 | 16,404 | 16.8 | 15.2 | -1,536 |
| Anglican | 9,816 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 871 | 12,636 | 12.9 | 13.9 | -2,820 |
| Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed | 6,297 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 882 | 7,722 | 7.9 | 8.1 | -1,425 |
| Christian nfd | 5,073 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 875 | 4,422 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +651 |
| Hindu | 2,949 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 876 | 2,412 | 2.5 | 1.8 | +537 |
| Other Christian religions | 2,406 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 886 | 2,613 | 2.7 | 3.1 | -207 |
| Pentecostal | 2,295 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 881 | 2,538 | 2.6 | 1.9 | -243 |
| Methodist | 2,055 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 880 | 2,616 | 2.7 | 2.1 | -561 |
| Baptist | 1,389 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 872 | 1,518 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -129 |
| Buddhist | 1,329 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 873 | 1,251 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +78 |
| Ratana | 834 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 883 | 1,146 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -312 |
| Latter Day Saints | 741 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 879 | 969 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -228 |
| Islam/Muslim | 741 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 877 | 831 | 0.9 | 0.8 | -90 |
| Spiritualism and new age religions | 468 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 885 | 525 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -57 |
| Other religions | 426 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 888 | 372 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +54 |
| Ringatu | 351 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 884 | 486 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -135 |
| Judaism/Jewish | 171 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 878 | 201 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -30 |
| Other maori christian religions | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 887 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
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Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.
| Religion - Totals | ||||||||
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| Hutt City | 2013 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - totals - multi-response | Number | % of total population | Wellington Region % | Number | % of total population | Wellington Region % | 2006 to 2013 | |
 Total Christian | 44,940 | 45.7 | 43.9 | 889 | 51,438 | 52.6 | 50.9 | -6,498 |
| Total Māori Christian | 1,206 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 890 | 1,644 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -438 |
| Total Non Christian | 6,084 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 891 | 5,592 | 5.7 | 5.3 | +492 |
| No religion | 36,786 | 37.4 | 40.7 | 892 | 31,146 | 31.9 | 33.9 | +5,640 |
| Not stated / included | 11,454 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 893 | 11,088 | 11.3 | 11.8 | +366 |
| Total population | 98,238 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 894 | 97,701 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +537 |
| Total respondents | 86,784 | 88.3 | 88.9 | 8951 | 86,613 | 88.7 | 88.2 | +171 |
| Total responses | 100,470 | 102.3 | 102.2 | 8952 | 100,908 | 103.3 | 103.0 | -438 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of the Hutt City in 2013 compared to the Wellington 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, 53.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 37.4% said they had no religion, compared with 50.4% and 40.7% respectively for the Wellington Region.
The largest single religion in the Hutt City was Catholic, with 15.1% of the population or 14,868 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Hutt City and the Wellington Region were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Catholic (15.1% compared to 13.7%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Hindu (3.0% compared to 2.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (10.0% compared to 11.0%)
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Hutt City between 2006 and 2013 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-2,820 responses)
- Catholic (-1,536 responses)
- Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (-1,425 responses)
- Christian nfd (+651 responses)