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Bass Coast ShireCommunity profile

Newhaven - Cape Woolamai

Religion

In Newhaven - Cape Woolamai in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (12.8% of all people), while 54.0% of people had no religion and 12.5% did not answer the question on religion.

Newhaven - Cape Woolamai's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

Newhaven - Cape Woolamai's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Newhaven - Cape Woolamai - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Bass Coast Shire %Number%Bass Coast Shire %2006 to 2021
Christian total88731.239.283347.258.3+53
Non Christian total451.62.1171.01.2+28
Non-classifiable religious belief230.80.7241.40.8-2
No Religion/secular beliefs1,53454.049.854030.625.1+993
Not stated35412.58.235019.814.6+3
Total Population2,843100.0100.01,766100.0100.0+1,076
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Newhaven - Cape Woolamai - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Bass Coast Shire %Number%Bass Coast Shire %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic36512.816.429116.521.0+73
Anglican2538.911.231117.620.3-58
Christian,nfd702.51.9321.91.4+37
Uniting Church521.83.5693.96.7-17
Baptist401.41.7321.81.9+8
Presbyterian and Reformed391.41.8392.23.60
Buddhism270.91.060.40.6+20
Greek Orthodox240.80.7231.30.50
Other Protestant130.50.20--0.2+13
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Newhaven - Cape Woolamai in 2021 compared to Bass Coast Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 32.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 54.0% said they had no religion, compared with 41.3% and 49.8% respectively for Bass Coast Shire.

The largest single religion in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 12.8% of the population or 365 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Newhaven - Cape Woolamai and Bass Coast Shire were:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (12.8% compared to 16.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (8.9% compared to 11.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Uniting Church (1.8% compared to 3.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Newhaven - Cape Woolamai between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+73 persons)
  • Anglican (-58 persons)

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