Census: What is your religion? (Multi-response)

Religion - Ranked by size

Elsdon-Takapuwahia

2018 2013
Religion - Multi-response Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
No religion 1,008 41.7 43.8 666 35.2 38.0 +342
Buddhism 15 0.6 1.0 15 0.8 1.5 -
Christian 1,071 44.3 43.5 1,005 53.2 54.0 +66
Hinduism 45 1.9 1.3 45 2.4 1.0 -
Islam 12 0.5 1.2 18 1.0 0.9 -6
Judaism - - 0.1 - - 0.2 -
Māori religions beliefs and philosophies 54 2.2 1.1 45 2.4 1.5 +9
Spiritualism and new age religions 6 0.2 0.3 15 0.8 0.4 -9
Other religions beliefs and philosophies 36 1.5 1.3 15 0.8 0.4 +21
Object to answering 168 6.9 6.6 93 4.9 4.1 +75
Not elsewhere included - - - 267 14.1 10.4 -267
Total 2,418 100.0 100.0 1,890 100.0 100.0 +528

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.