TCE Survey

Survey of the people that come to Trinity Church Eindhoven (Jan 2006 and Jan 2008)

The results of a survey of the nature of our congregation conducted over 2 Sundays.
Survey sample: Those at Sunday services on 24th November and 4th December 2005. 
Number of Survey forms returned = 66
Total number of people surveyed = 135

And in Dec.2007.
Number of Survey forms returned = 72
Total number people surveyed = 157

In bold are the results of 2007

Family/Household Size
How many in which age group regularly come to church? 
2005 --------------- 2007
Under 12:  24 = 18% --------------- 34 = 22%
12-18:  10 = 8% --------------- 6 = 4%
19-35:  42 = 31% --------------- 42 = 27%
36-50:  33 = 24% --------------- 39 = 25%
51-65:  18 = 13% --------------- 25 = 16%
over 65:  8 = 6% --------------- 10 = 6%

Marital Status (For those 18 and over)
For 101 Adults --------------- For 117 adults
How many are Married?  65 --------------- 78 = 67%
Now single (Includes divorced, unmarried, widowed, etc.)?  36 --------------- 39 = 33%

Church Background (before TCE)
How many in which sort?
Anglican/Episcopalian: 31 = 22% --------------- 48 = 31%
Roman Catholic: 24 = 17% --------------- 17 = 11%
Presbyterian: 18 = 13% --------------- 7 = 5%
Dutch Protestant: 17 = 12% --------------- 14 = 9%
Baptist: 10 = 7% --------------- 7 = 5%
Pentecostal: 10 = 7% --------------- 10 = 6%
Evangelical Free Church: 5 = 4% --------------- 5 = 3%
Methodist: 5 = 4% --------------- 10 = 6%
Protestant: 4 = 3% --------------- 13 = 8%
Others = 11% includes --------------- 5%
Lutheran 2
Christian 2
Free Church
New Apostolic
United Church of Christ
Evangelical
Ethiopian Orthodox
Old Catholic
Church of South India
RUC
Nederduits Gereformeerd
International
German Protestant
Charismatic
Jewish
None
Total = 142 --------------- 154

Employers (if applicable)
Please list the company/organizations you/your family members work for:
Philips 21 = 38%--------------- 10 =19%
NXP 0 --------------- 9 =17%
TU/e 5 = 9%---------------
Agfa
Bosch 2
Call Centre
CFS Bakel
Church
DSM Nutritional Products
European Centre for Nature Conservatories
Eurosite
Flex-Tronic Venray
Fontys University
Fourtress BV
Gigabyte/Uniwill/Foxcom
Hanaro Computer
Honeywell
ING
Lewis
NBG-Industrial
MMC hospital Veldhoven
Own Company 2
Regina Coeli
SABIC
St Anna Zorggroep
St George Bank
Sioux
Tilburg University
Vendit
YER Recruitment
Zuidzorg Eindhoven
Total number in Employment 56--------------- 54 Students 19

How did you hear about Trinity Church?
Friends 42 --------------- 55%
Internet 28--------------- 38%
Through another Church 3--------------- 1%
Gemeentegids 2--------------- 1%
Through school 2--------------- 1%
Through work 2--------------- 2%
Through 4U2 2
Through a funeral 1
From the signpost 1 1%
Magazine advertisement 0

How many years have you been a Christian?
0-5 years 9
5-10 years 4
10-20 years 12
20-30 years 7
30-40 years 5
40-50 years 2
50+ years 1
Whole life 42 = 51%
Total = 82 respondents

Nationalities
What nationality/ies are there in your family and how many of each?
Netherlands 57 = 37% --------------- 63 = 37%
United States 25 = 16%--------------- 22 = 13%
United Kingdom 19 = 12%--------------- 29 = 17%
Indonesia 8 = 5%--------------- 13 = 8%
India 2---------------8 = 5%
Germany 11 = 7%---------------
Belgium 5--------------- 5
South Africa 4---------------3
Uganda 4---------------2
New Zealand 3---------------3
Australia 2---------------1
France 2---------------2
Ireland 2---------------3
Kenya 2---------------2
Sierra Leone 2---------------0
Taiwan 2 ---------------2
Austria 1---------------1
Ethiopia 1
Malaysia 1---------------2
Poland 1
South Korea 1
Total Number of Nationalities = 21 --------------- 26
Includes people with dual nationality = 20 --------------- 14

Living in the Netherlands
How much longer do you expect to stay in the Netherlands?
Less than one year 13 = 10% --------------- 18 = 13%
1-3 years 31 = 23%--------------- 23 = 16%
Over 3 years 8 = 6%--------------- 9 = 6%
Permanently 58 = 43%--------------- 54 = 38%
Don’t know 25 = 18%--------------- 38 = 27%

Year in which you started attending Trinity Church Eindhoven (only 115 respondents):
Before 1990 5 = 4%---------------5 = 4%
1990 – 1999 26 = 23%---------------22 = 15%
2000 – 2001 6 = 5%---------------7 = 5%
2002 15 = 13%---------------11 = 8%
2003 24 = 21%---------------23 = 16%
2004 18 = 16%---------------12 = 8%
2005 21 = 18%---------------11 = 8%
2006 0 ---------------26 = 18%
2007 0 ---------------25 = 18%

Distance and travel
Approximately how many kilometres from church is your home?
0 – 3km 35 people --------------- 60 people = 39%
3 – 6km 32
6 – 10km 35 --------------- 37 = 24% (5-10 km)
10 – 15km 13
15 – 20km 2 --------------- 42 = 28% (10-20 km)
20 – 30km 6 --------------- 14 = 9% (over 20 km)
30 – 40km 2
40 – 50km 8
50 – 60km 2

Where do you live? (2007)
Eindhoven- Centre 24 = 16%
Eindhoven - North 23 = 15%
Eindhoven - East 6 = 4%
Eindhoven -South 26 = 17%
Eindhoven -West 4 = 3%
Outside Eindhoven 70 = 46%

Languages spoken Among 150 people (2007)
First --------------- 2nd or other
English 71 = 47%--------------- 79 = 53%
Dutch 43 = 29% --------------- 37 = 25%
Indonesian 10 = 7% --------------- 1
Mandarin 9 = 6% --------------- 6 = 4%
Cantonese 5 = 3% --------------- 1
Tamil 4 = 3% --------------- 0
Polish 2 --------------- 0
German 1 --------------- 7 = 5%
French 1--------------- 7 = 5%
Hindi 0 --------------- 3 = 2%
Greek 0 --------------- 3 = 2%
Spanish 1 --------------- 2
Vietnamese 1 --------------- 0
Frisian 1 --------------- 0
Papiamento 1 --------------- 0
Malayalam 1 --------------- 0
Telegu 1 --------------- 0
Bengali 0 --------------- 1
Bahaia Malagu 0 --------------- 2
Kiswahili 1 --------------- 0