1996 Census - Religions, Ipswich

Religion

Religion by Sex
		Male	Female	Persons
Christian	Anglican	12339	13034	25373
	Baptist	1505	1603	3108
	Brethren	111	99	210
	Catholic	13090	13791	26881
	Churches of Christ	335	454	789
	Jehovah's Witnesses	354	429	783
	Latter Day Saints	472	505	977
	Lutheran	1751	1829	3590
	Oriental Christian	6	0	6
	Orthodox	262	219	481
	Pentecostal	1201	1337	2538
	Presbyterian and Reformed	2340	2472	4812
	Salvation Army	537	641	1178
	Seventh-day Adventist	170	217	387
	Uniting Church	5426	6253	11679
	Other Protestant	408	450	858
	Other Christian	325	381	706
	Christian, n.f.d.	626	699	1325
	Total	41258	44423	85681
Non-Christian	Buddhism	451	433	884
	Hinduism	100	102	202
	Islam	98	108	206
	Judaism	17	18	35
	Other religions	113	108	221
	Total	779	769	1548
No religion(a)		9360	7443	16803
Inadequately described(b)		178	149	327
Not stated		5166	4664	8930
Overseas visitor		131	159	290
Total		56872	57607	114479

(a) Includes 'No religion n.f.d.', 'Agnosticism', 'Atheism', 'Humanism' and 'Rationalism'
(b) Includes 'Religious belief, n.f.d.'

Census Details

Collection Date1996-06-30Collection AuthorityAustralian Bureau of StatisticsCollection AreaIpswichNotes About CensusData simplified. Further data available on the original census document. Some data has been input incorrectly on the original files.References (online)1996 Census of Population and Housing Basic Community Profile

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1996 Census - Religions, Ipswich