Religion - Ranked by size
Urban Ward
| 2018 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion - Multi-response | Number | % | Masterton District % | Number | % | Masterton District % | 2013 - 2018 | ||
| No religion | 9,819 | 49.6 | 50.2 | 7,203 | 42.6 | 42.4 | +2,616 | ||
| Buddhism | 90 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 90 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | ||
| Christian | 7,425 | 37.5 | 37.7 | 8,514 | 50.3 | 50.9 | -1,089 | ||
| Hinduism | 171 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 111 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +60 | ||
| Islam | 30 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 | ||
| Judaism | 30 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +3 | ||
| Māori religions beliefs and philosophies | 279 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 297 | 1.8 | 1.5 | -18 | ||
| Spiritualism and new age religions | 114 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 93 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +21 | ||
| Other religions beliefs and philosophies | 249 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 78 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +171 | ||
| Object to answering | 1,626 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 834 | 4.9 | 4.9 | +792 | ||
| Not elsewhere included | - | - | - | 1,272 | 7.5 | 7.3 | -1,272 | ||
| Total | 19,791 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,923 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,868 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: High
Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.