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     ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS GROWTH IN AUSTRALIA & NEW SOUTH WALES 1986-1991



                 PREPARED BY THE BUDDHIST COUNCIL OF NEW SOUTH WALES

             FROM CENSUS DATA FROM THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS







                                   AUSTRALIA

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RELIGION         NUMBER ('86)   NUMBER ('91)   INC or DEC   % ('86)   % ('91)    INC or DEC

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Anglican           3,723,400      4,018,770     + 295,370     23.9      23.9     static

Baptist              196,800        279,220      + 82,420      1.3       1.7     increase - 0.4%

Catholic           4,064,400      4,606,644     + 542,244     26.1      27.3     increase - 1.2%

Church of Christ      88,500         78,039      - 10,461      0.6       0.5     decrease - 0.1%

Jehova's Witness      66,500         74,551       + 8,051      0.4       0.4     static

Lutheran             208,300        250,844      + 42,544      1.3       1.5     increase - 0.2%

Pentecostal          107,000        150,665      + 43,655      0.7       0.9     increase - 0.2%

Presbyterian         560,000        732,227     + 172,227      3.6       4.3     increase - 0.7%

Salvation Army        77,800         71,984       - 5,816      0.5       0.4     decrease - 0.1%

Uniting Church     1,182,300      1,387,646     + 205,346      7.6       8.2     increase - 0.6%

Orthodox             427,400        474,921      + 47,521      2.7       2.8     increase - 0.1%

CHRISTIAN TOTAL   11,381,900     12,465,644   + 1,083,744     73.0      74.0     increase - 1.0%

BUDDHIST*             80,400        139,847      + 59,447      0.5       0.8   * increase - 0.3%

Islam                109,500        147,507      + 38,007      0.7       0.9     increase - 0.2%

Judaism               69,100         74,386       + 5,286      0.4       0.4     static





* Fastest growth of Non-Christian Religion in Australia.









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Anglican           1,519,806       1,567,328     + 47,522      28.1      27.3    decrease

Baptist               67,187          90,947     + 23,760       1.2       1.6    increase - 0.4%

Catholic           1,529,176       1,692,646    + 163,470      28.3      29.5    increase - 1.2%

Church of Christ      15,147          14,518        - 629       0.3       0.3    static

Lutheran              31,890          39,206      + 7,316       0.6       0.7    increase - 0.1%

Orthodox             165,659         180,649     + 14,990       3.1       3.2    increase - 0.1%

Presbyterian         227,663         270,666     + 43,003       4.2       4.7    increase - 0.5%

Uniting Church       327,360         371,974     + 44,614       4.2       6.5    increase - 2.3%

BUDDHIST*             35,114          58,743     + 23,629       0.7       1.0   *increase - 0.3%

Islam**               57,551          77,845     + 20,294       1.1       1.4  **increase - 0.3%

Judaism               29,614                                    0.5       0.5    static





 *  Equal growth to Islam.

 ** Equal growth to Buddhism.







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