Caversham
Religion
In 2018, the largest single religion in Caversham was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 10.9% of the population or 246 people as adherents.
Caversham'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.
Caversham'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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caversham | 2018 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - Multi-response | Number | % of the population | Forbury % | Number | % of the population | Forbury % | 2006 to 2018 | |
| Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed | 246 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 882 | 429 | 19.0 | 17.3 | -183 |
| Catholic | 204 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 874 | 270 | 12.0 | 12.9 | -66 |
| Christian nfd | 111 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 875 | 69 | 3.1 | 3.9 | +42 |
| Anglican | 96 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 871 | 162 | 7.2 | 9.0 | -66 |
| Methodist | 39 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 880 | 57 | 2.5 | 1.6 | -18 |
| Pentecostal | 33 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 881 | 24 | 1.1 | 1.2 | +9 |
| Latter Day Saints | 27 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 879 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +12 |
| Other Christian religions | 18 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 886 | 21 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -3 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 15 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 897 | 24 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -9 |
| Spiritualism and new age religions | 15 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 885 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +3 |
| Hindu | 15 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 876 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Islam/Muslim | 15 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 877 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.9 | +3 |
| Buddhist | 12 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 873 | 27 | 1.2 | 1.4 | -15 |
| Other religions | 12 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 888 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Evangelical, Born Again and Fundamentalist | 12 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 895 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Jedi | 12 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 896 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
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Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2006 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)
(informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High(opens a new window)
Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.
| Religion - Totals | ||||||||
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| Caversham | 2018 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - totals - multi-response | Number | % of the population | Forbury % | Number | % of the population | Forbury % | 2006 to 2018 | |
 Total Christian | 852 | 37.6 | 35.3 | 889 | 1,128 | 50.1 | 48.8 | -276 |
| Total Māori Christian | 12 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 890 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +3 |
| Total Non Christian | 90 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 891 | 75 | 3.3 | 3.7 | +15 |
| No religion | 1,143 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 892 | 741 | 32.9 | 37.8 | +402 |
| Not stated / included | 171 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 893 | 387 | 17.2 | 11.3 | -216 |
| Total respondents | 2,094 | 92.5 | 92.3 | 8951 | 1,866 | 82.8 | 88.7 | +228 |
| Total responses | 2,268 | 100.1 | 100.5 | 8952 | 2,340 | 103.9 | 102.1 | -72 |
| Total population | 2,265 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9999 | 2,253 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +12 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2006 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)
(informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High(opens a new window)
Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Caversham in 2018 compared to the Forbury shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 42.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 50.5% said they had no religion, compared with 40.3% and 52.5% respectively for the Forbury.
The largest single religion in Caversham was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 10.9% of the population or 246 people as adherents.
The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Caversham and the Forbury was:
- A larger percentage who nominated Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (10.9% compared to 9.0%)
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Caversham between 2006 and 2018 were for those who nominated:
- Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (-183 responses)
- Catholic (-66 responses)
- Anglican (-66 responses)