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In 2018, the largest single religion in Taieri was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 16.9% of the population or 255 people as adherents.

Taieri'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.

Taieri'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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is your religion?'.

Multi-response

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Religion - Ranked by size
Taieri20182013Change
Religion - Multi-responseNumber% of the populationDunedin City %Number% of the populationDunedin City %2013 to 2018
Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed25516.99.835725.314.5-102
Catholic15010.08.815911.310.7-9
Anglican573.84.4966.87.1-39
Christian nfd483.24.8664.73.8-18
Pentecostal241.60.9120.91.0+12
Other Christian religions241.61.230.20.9+21
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

Religion - Totals
Taieri20182013Change
Religion - totals - multi-responseNumber% of the populationDunedin City %Number% of the populationDunedin City %2013 to 2018
Total Christian57938.432.971750.941.4-138
Total Maori Christian00.00.200.00.20
Total Non Christian271.85.0241.73.4+3
No religion80153.256.057340.645.9+228
Not stated / included1087.26.51238.711.1-15
Total respondents1,39892.893.51,28791.388.9+111
Total responses1,515100.6100.51,437101.9102.1+78
Total population1,506100.0100.01,410100.0100.0+96
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Taieri in 2018 compared to Dunedin City shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 40.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 53.2% said they had no religion, compared with 38.1% and 56.0% respectively for Dunedin City.

The largest single religion in Taieri was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 16.9% of the population or 255 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Taieri and Dunedin City were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (16.9% compared to 9.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Catholic (10.0% compared to 8.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Christian nfd (3.2% compared to 4.8%)

Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Taieri between 2013 and 2018 was for those who nominated:

  • Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (-102 responses)

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