| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
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| 2 | religious affiliation statistics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | religion | 2013 census |  | 2006 census |  | 2001 census |  | trend |
| 4 |  | number | % | number | % | number | % | 2001-13 |
| 5 | christian | 1,858,977 | 47.65 | 2,027,418 | 54.16 | 2,043,843 | 58.92 | none |
| 6 | catholic | 492,105 | 12.61 | 508,437 | 13.58 | 485,637 | 14.00 | none |
| 7 | anglican | 459,771 | 11.79 | 554,925 | 14.82 | 584,793 | 16.86 | none |
| 8 | presbyterian, congregational and reformed | 330,516 | 8.47 | 400,839 | 10.71 | 431,139 | 12.43 | none |
| 9 | christian | 216,177 | 5.54 | 186,234 | 4.97 | 192,165 | 5.54 | none |
| 10 | methodist | 102,879 | 2.64 | 121,806 | 3.25 | 120,546 | 3.48 | none |
| 11 | pentecostal | 74,256 | 1.90 | 79,155 | 2.11 | 67,182 | 1.94 | none |
| 12 | baptist | 54,345 | 1.39 | 56,913 | 1.52 | 51,423 | 1.48 | none |
| 13 | latter-day saints | 40,728 | 1.04 | 43,539 | 1.16 | 39,915 | 1.15 | none |
| 14 | brethren | 18,624 | 0.48 | 19,617 | 0.52 | 20,397 | 0.59 | none |
| 15 | jehovah's witnesses | 17,931 | 0.46 | 17,910 | 0.48 | 17,829 | 0.51 | none |
| 16 | adventist | 17,085 | 0.44 | 16,191 | 0.43 | 14,868 | 0.43 | none |
| 17 | evangelical, born again and fundamentalist | 15,381 | 0.39 | 13,836 | 0.37 | 11,016 | 0.32 | none |
| 18 | orthodox | 13,806 | 0.35 | 13,194 | 0.35 | 9,576 | 0.28 | none |
| 19 | salvation army | 9,162 | 0.23 | 11,493 | 0.31 | 12,618 | 0.36 | none |
| 20 | protestant | 4,998 | 0.13 | 3,954 | 0.11 | 2,787 | 0.08 | none |
| 21 | lutheran | 3,903 | 0.10 | 4,476 | 0.12 | 4,314 | 0.12 | none |
| 22 | church of christ and associated churches of christ | 2,145 | 0.05 | 2,991 | 0.08 | 3,270 | 0.09 | none |
| 23 | uniting/union church and ecumenical | 999 | 0.03 | 1,419 | 0.04 | 1,389 | 0.04 | none |
| 24 | asian christian | 132 | <0.01 | 195 | 0.01 | 195 | 0.01 | none |
| 25 | other christian | 3,714 | 0.10 | 3,798 | 0.10 | 3,558 | 0.10 | none |
| 26 | hinduism/hindu | 89,319 | 2.11 | 64,392 | 1.72 | 39,798 | 1.15 | none |
| 27 | buddhism/buddhist | 58,404 | 1.50 | 52,362 | 1.40 | 41,634 | 1.20 | none |
| 28 | maori christian | 52,947 | 1.36 | 65,550 | 1.75 | 63,597 | 1.83 | none |
| 29 | ratana | 40,353 | 1.03 | 50,565 | 1.35 | 48,975 | 1.41 | none |
| 30 | ringatu | 13,272 | 0.34 | 16,419 | 0.44 | 15,291 | 0.44 | none |
| 31 | maori christian | 222 | 0.01 | 219 | 0.01 | 237 | 0.01 | none |
| 32 | other maori christian | 333 | 0.01 | 360 | 0.01 | 426 | 0.01 | none |
| 33 | islam/muslim | 46,149 | 1.18 | 36,072 | 0.96 | 23,631 | 0.68 | none |
| 34 | spiritualism and new age religions | 18,285 | 0.47 | 19,800 | 0.53 | 16,062 | 0.46 | none |
| 35 | spiritualist | 7,776 | 0.20 | 7,743 | 0.21 | 5,856 | 0.17 | none |
| 36 | nature and earth based religions | 5,943 | 0.15 | 7,125 | 0.19 | 5,838 | 0.17 | none |
| 37 | satanism | 840 | 0.02 | 1,164 | 0.03 | 894 | 0.03 | none |
| 38 | new age | 441 | 0.01 | 669 | 0.02 | 420 | 0.01 | none |
| 39 | church of scientology | 318 | 0.01 | 357 | 0.01 | 282 | 0.01 | none |
| 40 | other new age religions | 3,015 | 0.08 | 2,871 | 0.08 | 2,784 | 0.08 | none |
| 41 | judaism/jewish | 6,867 | 0.18 | 6,858 | 0.18 | 6,636 | 0.19 | none |
| 42 | other religions | 34,245 | 0.88 | 24,450 | 0.65 | 18,780 | 0.54 | none |
| 43 | sikh | 19,191 | 0.49 | 9,507 | 0.25 | 5,199 | 0.15 | none |
| 44 | other religion | 5,202 | 0.13 | 4,830 | 0.13 | 4,641 | 0.13 | none |
| 45 | baha'i | 2,634 | 0.07 | 2,772 | 0.07 | 2,988 | 0.09 | none |
| 46 | maori religion | 2,595 | 0.07 | 2,412 | 0.06 | 1,995 | 0.06 | none |
| 47 | theism | 1,782 | 0.05 | 2,202 | 0.06 | 1,491 | 0.04 | none |
| 48 | zoroastrian | 972 | 0.02 | 1,071 | 0.03 | 486 | 0.01 | none |
| 49 | chinese religions | 906 | 0.02 | 912 | 0.02 | 1,269 | 0.04 | none |
| 50 | japanese religions | 423 | 0.01 | 384 | 0.01 | 303 | 0.01 | none |
| 51 | jainism | 207 | 0.01 | 111 | <0.01 | 57 | <0.01 | none |
| 52 | other other religions | 333 | 0.01 | 258 | 0.01 | 351 | 0.01 | none |
| 53 | total people with at least one religious affiliation | 2,146,167 | 53.64 | 2,271,921 | 60.69 | 2,232,564 | 64.36 | none |
| 54 | no religion | 1,635,345 | 41.92 | 1,297,104 | 34.65 | 1,028,049 | 29.64 | none |
| 55 | object to answering | 173,034 | 4.44 | 242,607 | 6.48 | 239,241 | 6.90 | none |
| 56 | total people stated | 3,901,167 | 100.00 | 3,743,655 | 100.00 | 3,468,813 | 100.00 | none |
| 57 | not elsewhere included | 347,301 | none | 292,974 | none | 287,376 | none | none |
| 58 | total population | 4,242,048 | none | 4,027,947 | none | 3,737,277 | none | none |

Question: what was the percentage that catholic religion decreased by?
Answer: 12.61