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- Suburbs
- Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard
- Austral
- Western area - Greendale and Surrounds
- Busby
- Cartwright
- Casula
- Cecil Hills
- Chipping Norton
- Edmondson Park
- Elizabeth Hills
- Green Valley
- Hammondville
- Heckenberg
- Hinchinbrook
- Holsworthy
- Horningsea Park
- Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill
- Leppington - Denham Court
- Liverpool
- Lurnea
- Middleton Grange
- Miller
- Moorebank
- Prestons
- Sadleir
- Voyager Point - Pleasure Point
- Warwick Farm
- Wattle Grove
- West Hoxton
In Liverpool LGA in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (24.1% of all people), while 13.7% of people had no religion and 7.2% did not answer the question on religion.
Liverpool LGA'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.
Liverpool LGA's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.
Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Religion - Summary | |||||||
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Liverpool LGA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Religion totals | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2016 to 2021 |
Christian total | 114,113 | 48.9 | 45.8 | 109,764 | 53.7 | 51.7 | +4,349 |
Non Christian total | 69,828 | 29.9 | 17.0 | 52,293 | 25.6 | 14.4 | +17,535 |
Non-classifiable religious belief | 792 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 684 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +108 |
No Religion/secular beliefs | 32,019 | 13.7 | 30.5 | 23,308 | 11.4 | 24.9 | +8,711 |
Not stated | 16,692 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 18,281 | 8.9 | 8.5 | -1,589 |
Total Population | 233,444 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 204,330 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +29,114 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
Religion - Ranked by size | |||||||
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Liverpool LGA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Religion | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2016 to 2021 |
Western (Roman) Catholic | 56,338 | 24.1 | 22.1 | 56,122 | 27.5 | 24.2 | +216 |
Islam | 35,297 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 24,550 | 12.0 | 5.3 | +10,747 |
Buddhism | 13,410 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 11,268 | 5.5 | 3.9 | +2,142 |
Hinduism | 12,539 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 10,090 | 4.9 | 3.5 | +2,449 |
Anglican | 12,072 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 15,046 | 7.4 | 12.0 | -2,974 |
Christian,nfd | 9,089 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 6,694 | 3.3 | 2.2 | +2,395 |
Other Non-Christian Religions | 6,984 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 5,153 | 2.5 | 0.3 | +1,831 |
Greek Orthodox | 5,812 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 5,583 | 2.7 | 2.4 | +229 |
Serbian Orthodox | 4,718 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3,930 | 1.9 | 0.3 | +788 |
Baptist | 2,995 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2,501 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +494 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 and 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Liverpool LGA in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 78.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 13.7% said they had no religion, compared with 62.8% and 30.5% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The largest single religion in Liverpool LGA was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 24.1% of the population or 56,338 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Liverpool LGA and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (15.1% compared to 6.3%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Non-Christian Religions (3.0% compared to 0.3%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (24.1% compared to 22.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.2% compared to 9.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Liverpool LGA between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Islam (+10,747 persons)
- Anglican (-2,974 persons)
- Hinduism (+2,449 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+2,395 persons)
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