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In 2018, the largest single religion in Dunedin City was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 9.8% of the population or 12,378 people as adherents.

Dunedin 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.

Dunedin City'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
Dunedin City20182013Change
Religion - Multi-responseNumber% of the populationWaldronville %Number% of the populationWaldronville %2013 to 2018
Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed12,3789.88.317,44514.513.8-5,067
Catholic11,0738.88.512,87010.79.6-1,797
Christian nfd6,1084.85.14,5513.84.0+1,557
Anglican5,5534.44.28,4937.15.9-2,940
Other Christian religions1,5091.20.71,0920.90.0+417
Islam/Muslim1,2991.00.78670.70.5+432
Pentecostal1,1880.91.21,2361.01.1-48
Other religions1,1220.90.23360.30.0+786
Hindu1,0740.90.08430.70.3+231
Methodist1,0050.80.21,5901.30.3-585
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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

Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

Religion - Totals
Dunedin City20182013Change
Religion - totals - multi-responseNumber% of the populationWaldronville %Number% of the populationWaldronville %2013 to 2018
Total Christian41,48732.929.649,78541.436.7-8,298
Total Maori Christian3060.20.02850.20.0+21
Total Non Christian6,2825.02.84,1373.41.3+2,145
No religion70,66256.060.755,23045.953.5+15,432
Not stated / included8,1936.57.213,37111.19.3-5,178
Total respondents118,06293.592.8106,87888.990.7+11,184
Total responses126,930100.5100.2122,808102.1100.8+4,122
Total population126,255100.0100.0120,249100.0100.0+6,006
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 Dunedin City in 2018 compared to Waldronville shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 38.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 56.0% said they had no religion, compared with 32.3% and 60.7% respectively for Waldronville.

The largest single religion in Dunedin City was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 9.8% of the population or 12,378 people as adherents.

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

  • A larger percentage who nominated Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (9.8% compared to 8.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Hindu (0.9% compared to 0.0%)

Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Dunedin City between 2013 and 2018 were for those who nominated:

  • Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (-5,067 responses)
  • Anglican (-2,940 responses)
  • Catholic (-1,797 responses)
  • Christian nfd (+1,557 responses)

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