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Horseshoe Bend Ward

Religion

In Horseshoe Bend Ward in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (30.8% of all people), while 21.3% of people had no religion and 9.3% did not answer the question on religion.

Horseshoe Bend Ward'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.

Horseshoe Bend Ward'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
Horseshoe Bend Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Deer Park %Number%Deer Park %2016 to 2021
Christian total15,81047.547.216,99051.949.7-1,181
Non Christian total7,20521.624.17,03321.522.7+172
Non-classifiable religious belief1070.30.41160.40.7-10
No Religion/secular beliefs7,08321.320.05,75317.617.6+1,330
Not stated3,1129.38.12,8518.79.4+260
Total Population33,317100.0100.032,745100.0100.0+571
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Horseshoe Bend Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Deer Park %Number%Deer Park %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic10,27730.826.510,75232.829.0-476
Buddhism4,15912.59.94,02012.38.9+139
Islam1,4474.38.61,2793.97.0+168
Greek Orthodox1,1633.52.71,2773.92.8-114
Christian,nfd1,0763.24.41,1543.5---78
Anglican8742.62.31,1303.53.3-256
Hinduism8082.43.56201.93.5+187
Sikhism7192.21.91,0003.13.1-281
Uniting Church3221.00.63851.21.2-64
Macedonian Orthodox2680.80.82780.81.0-10
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Horseshoe Bend Ward in 2021 compared to Deer Park shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 69.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 21.3% said they had no religion, compared with 71.4% and 20.0% respectively for Deer Park.

The largest single religion in Horseshoe Bend Ward was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 30.8% of the population or 10,277 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Horseshoe Bend Ward and Deer Park were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (30.8% compared to 26.5%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (12.5% compared to 9.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (4.3% compared to 8.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Baptist (0.7% compared to 2.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Horseshoe Bend Ward between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-476 persons)
  • Sikhism (-281 persons)
  • Anglican (-256 persons)
  • Hinduism (+187 persons)

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