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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2018, the largest single religion in Royal Terrace was Catholic, with 10.3% of the population or 177 people as adherents.
Royal Terrace'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.
Royal Terrace's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Maori Descent, Country of Birth data and Languages Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.
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Royal Terrace | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Religion - Multi-response | Number | % of the population | Seddon Park % | Number | % of the population | Seddon Park % | 2006 to 2018 |
Catholic | 177 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 186 | 12.6 | 10.8 | -9 |
Christian nfd | 108 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 45 | 3.1 | 3.0 | +63 |
Anglican | 78 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 99 | 6.7 | 7.5 | -21 |
Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed | 66 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 150 | 10.2 | 27.7 | -84 |
Hindu | 66 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 57 | 3.9 | 0.2 | +9 |
Buddhist | 48 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 66 | 4.5 | 0.2 | -18 |
Islam/Muslim | 36 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 36 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
Other religions | 21 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | +12 |
Pentecostal | 18 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 30 | 2.0 | 0.7 | -12 |
Other Christian religions | 12 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.2 | 1.3 | -6 |
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Royal Terrace in 2018 compared to Seddon Park shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 40.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 57.2% said they had no religion, compared with 43.6% and 50.0% respectively for Seddon Park.
The largest single religion in Royal Terrace was Catholic, with 10.3% of the population or 177 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Royal Terrace and Seddon Park were:
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Royal Terrace between 2006 and 2018 were for those who nominated:
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