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New Zealand Religious Groups
2006 Census Data
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| 2013 | 2006 | 2001 | 1996
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A breakdown of New Zealand religions for 2006 (preliminary results still
listed in brackets).
- Anglican--554,925
- Catholic--508,437 (formerly listed as 508,812)
- Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed--400,839 (formerly listed
as 385,350)
- Christian, not further defined (nfd)--186,234
- Methodist--121,806 (formerly listed as 122,076)
- Pentecostal--79,155 (formerly listed as 79,617)
- Hinduism--64,392 (formerly listed as 63,891)
- Baptist--56,913 (formerly listed as 56,919)
- Buddhism--52,362 (formerly listed as 52,392)
- Ratana--50,565
- Latter Day Saints (Mormons)--43,539 (formerly listed as 43,500)
- Islam--36,072 (formerly listed as 35,976)
- Jehovah’s Witnesses--17,910 (formerly listed as 17,900)
- Brethren--19,617 (formerly listed as Open Brethren--16,800, Exclusive
Brethren--2,300)
- Ringatu--16,419
- Adventists-- 16,191 (formerly listed as Seventh-day Adventists 14,000)
- Orthodox--13,194 (formerly listed as 22,017)
- Salvation Army--11,493 (formerly listed as 11,500)
- Sikh--9,507 (formerly listed as 9,500)
- Spiritualism, Spiritualist--7,743 (formerly listed as 7,700)
- Nature and Earth Based Religions--7,125 (formerly included under New
Age religions)
- Judaism--6,858
- Other New Age religions--2,871 (formerly included under New Age religions
9,500)
- Baha’i--2,772 (formerly listed as 2,800)
- Maori Religion--2,412 (formerly listed as Unspecified Maori religions
1,880)
- Theism--2,202 (not formerly listed)
- Satanism--1,167 (not formerly listed)
- Zoroastrian--1,071 (not formerly listed)
- Chinese Religions--912 (not formerly listed)
- New Age, nfd--669
- Hauhau--609
- Japanese Religions--384 (not formerly listed)
- Other Maori Christian--360
- Scientology--357
- Other Other Religions--258
- Maori Christian, nfd--219
- Jainism--111 (not formerly listed)
- Tenrikyo--11
- Other Religion, nfd--4,830
Some form of Christianity--2,027,418--??% (formerly listed as 2,062,752--52.9%)
No religion--1,297,104--32.2%
Non-response rate--6.2%. (2001: 5.7%.) This included 31,000 "Response
Outside Scope" which covers ~20,000 people who responded with Jedi
(2001: ~54,000).
Object to answer--6.0% (2001: 6.4%.)
Total--4,027,947.
Non-Christian religions
From 2001 to 2006 there was an increase in people affiliating with
non-Christian religions. These increases are mainly attributed to migrants,
particularly from Asia.
Buddhism
- Of Buddhists born overseas, most were born in Asia (91.6%, 34,422
out of 37,590 people).
- More than one-third (36.1 percent) of overseas-born Buddhists arrived
in New Zealand less than five years ago.
Hinduism
- People affiliated with Hinduism increased by 61.8% (up from 39,798
to 64,392).
- Almost 8 in 10 people (78.8%) affiliated with the Hindu religion
were born overseas, particularly in Southern Asia and the Pacific
Islands.
- Of the people born overseas affiliating with Hinduism, almost half
(49.8%) had arrived in New Zealand less than five years ago.
Islam
- People affiliated with Islam increased 52.6% (up from 23,631 to
36,072).
- A similar proportion of people affiliating with Islam (77.0%) were
born overseas, mainly in Southern Asia, but also in the Middle East.
- Of the people born overseas affiliating with Muslim religions, almost
half (48.0%) had arrived in New Zealand less than five years ago.
Sikh
- The number of people indicating an affiliation with the Sikh religion
increased by 83.0% (up from 5,196 to 9,507).
No religion
The number and proportion of people indicating that they had no religion
continued to increase in the 2006 Census. In 2006, 1,297,104 people
(34.7%) stated that they had no religion, compared with 1,028,052 people
(29.6%) in the 2001 Census.
Younger people were more likely to be recorded as having no religion.
Over 4 in 10 (43.0%) children (aged 0-14 years) were recorded as having
no religion, compared with over 1 in 10 (11.8%) people aged 65 years
and over.
The European and New Zealander ethnic groups had the highest proportions
of people stating that they had no religion, at 37.7% (955,260 people)
and 37.6% (155,268 people), respectively.
People in the Middle Eastern, Latin American and African ethnic grouping
were least likely to state that they had no religion, with 11.0% or
3,651 people in this group giving this response in the 2006 Census.
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