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Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre

Religion

In Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (21.2% of all people), while 46.4% of people had no religion and 4.9% did not answer the question on religion.

Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre'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.

Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre'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
Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Bayside %Number%City of Bayside %2006 to 2021
Christian total52039.844.549759.362.8+22
Non Christian total1048.05.9576.95.3+46
Non-classifiable religious belief110.80.5111.30.70
No Religion/secular beliefs60646.444.318422.020.5+422
Not stated644.94.88810.510.7-24
Total Population1,305100.0100.0838100.0100.0+466
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
Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Bayside %Number%City of Bayside %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic27721.221.321525.725.4+61
Anglican927.011.813716.420.9-46
Greek Orthodox493.83.5485.73.3+1
Judaism362.82.9253.13.1+10
Uniting Church352.72.7414.95.9-6
Christian,nfd332.51.350.70.9+27
Hinduism272.10.820.30.3+25
Buddhism201.51.2121.51.1+8
Islam181.40.7111.30.4+7
Presbyterian and Reformed131.01.4141.73.0-2
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 Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre in 2021 compared to the City of Bayside shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 47.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 46.4% said they had no religion, compared with 50.4% and 44.3% respectively for the City of Bayside.

The largest single religion in Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.2% of the population or 277 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre and the City of Bayside were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (2.1% compared to 0.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (2.5% compared to 1.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (7.0% compared to 11.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Hampton East (Moorabbin) Activity Centre between 2006 and 2021 was for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+61 persons)

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