Religious affiliation among Pacific ethnic groups
Ethnic group |
Total NZ Population |
Total Pacific peoples |
Samoan |
Cook Islands Maori nfd |
Tongan |
Niuean |
Tokelauan |
Fijian |
Tuvaluan |
Other Pacific Peoples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian (incl. Catholic) |
43.8% |
72.8% |
77.7% |
59.0% |
81.4% |
59.7% |
78.2% |
63.1% |
82.1% |
65.0% |
Maori Christian |
1.2% |
1.0% |
0.6% |
2.2% |
0.6% |
1.9% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
1.0% |
Other religions (e.g. Buddhist, Hindu, Islam/Muslim, etc.) |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.8% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
2.8% |
0.8% |
At least one religious affiliation |
50.6% |
75.4% |
78.9% |
62.0% |
83.1% |
62.3% |
79.5% |
80.0% |
85.1% |
68.7% |
No religion |
38.6% |
16.5% |
13.5% |
28.8% |
9.2% |
28.1% |
13.1% |
14.4% |
4.2% |
22.2% |
Object to answering |
4.1% |
3.9% |
3.6% |
5.8% |
3.0% |
5.8% |
3.9% |
3.4% |
3.4% |
4.8% |
Total people stated |
92.0% |
94.6% |
94.7% |
94.8% |
94.3% |
94.6% |
95.3% |
96.4% |
91.9% |
94.2% |
Not elsewhere included |
8.2% |
5.6% |
5.6% |
5.4% |
6.0% |
5.7% |
5.0% |
3.7% |
8.1% |
6.2% |
Total (Percentage) |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
Total (Numbers) |
4,242,051 |
295,944 |
144,141 |
61,077 |
60,336 |
23,880 |
7,176 |
14,445 |
3,537 |
9,306 |