Macandrew Bay-Company Bay
Religion
In 2018, the largest single religion in Macandrew Bay-Company Bay was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 9.4% of the population or 147 people as adherents.
Macandrew Bay-Company Bay'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.
Macandrew Bay-Company Bay'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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macandrew Bay-Company Bay | 2018 | 2013 | Change | |||||
| Religion - Multi-response | Number | % of the population | Dunedin City % | Number | % of the population | Dunedin City % | 2013 to 2018 | |
| Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed | 147 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 882 | 180 | 11.9 | 14.5 | -33 |
| Catholic | 120 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 874 | 111 | 7.3 | 10.7 | +9 |
| Christian nfd | 99 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 875 | 69 | 4.5 | 3.8 | +30 |
| Anglican | 96 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 871 | 138 | 9.1 | 7.1 | -42 |
| Other Christian religions | 18 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 886 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.9 | +6 |
| Other religions | 18 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 888 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +18 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 18 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 897 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +9 |
| Pentecostal | 15 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 881 | 18 | 1.2 | 1.0 | -3 |
| Methodist | 12 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 880 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -3 |
| Spiritualism and new age religions | 12 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 885 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2013 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macandrew Bay-Company Bay | 2018 | 2013 | Change | |||||
| Religion - totals - multi-response | Number | % of the population | Dunedin City % | Number | % of the population | Dunedin City % | 2013 to 2018 | |
 Total Christian | 552 | 35.1 | 32.9 | 889 | 576 | 37.9 | 41.4 | -24 |
| Total Māori Christian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 890 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Total Non Christian | 51 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 891 | 39 | 2.6 | 3.4 | +12 |
| No religion | 876 | 55.7 | 56.0 | 892 | 840 | 55.3 | 45.9 | +36 |
| Not stated / included | 99 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 893 | 99 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 0 |
| Total respondents | 1,473 | 93.7 | 93.5 | 8951 | 1,419 | 93.5 | 88.9 | +54 |
| Total responses | 1,578 | 100.4 | 100.5 | 8952 | 1,554 | 102.4 | 102.1 | +24 |
| Total population | 1,572 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9999 | 1,518 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +54 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2013 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 Macandrew Bay-Company Bay in 2018 compared to the Dunedin City shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 38.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 55.7% said they had no religion, compared with 38.1% and 56.0% respectively for the Dunedin City.
The largest single religion in Macandrew Bay-Company Bay was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 9.4% of the population or 147 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Macandrew Bay-Company Bay and the Dunedin City were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (6.1% compared to 4.4%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Christian nfd (6.3% compared to 4.8%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Jehovah's Witnesses (1.1% compared to 0.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Catholic (7.6% compared to 8.8%)
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
Emerging groups
There were no major differences in Macandrew Bay-Company Bay between 2013 and 2018.