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Deer Park District

Religion

In the Deer Park District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (27.6% of all people), while 19.8% of people had no religion and 6.8% did not answer the question on religion.

The Deer Park District'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.

The Deer Park District'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
Deer Park District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2006 to 2021
Christian total19,63446.248.315,33460.664.3+4,300
Non Christian total11,37926.823.05,18920.517.7+6,190
Non-classifiable religious belief1780.40.4880.30.4+90
No Religion/secular beliefs8,40119.821.12,52610.09.3+5,875
Not stated2,8696.87.12,1788.68.4+691
Total Population42,461100.0100.025,315100.0100.0+17,146
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
Deer Park District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic11,69827.629.29,61338.039.9+2,085
Buddhism5,45712.911.13,24412.810.8+2,213
Islam3,6718.66.71,6066.35.0+2,065
Christian,nfd1,9004.53.82981.21.1+1,602
Hinduism1,3873.33.12050.81.0+1,182
Greek Orthodox1,0162.43.99223.65.4+94
Baptist8802.11.62340.90.9+646
Anglican7651.82.41,3225.25.3-557
Sikhism7651.81.8610.20.6+704
Pentecostal6131.41.02110.80.7+402
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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 the Deer Park District in 2021 compared to the City of Brimbank shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 73.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 19.8% said they had no religion, compared with 71.3% and 21.1% respectively for the City of Brimbank.

The largest single religion in the Deer Park District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 27.6% of the population or 11,698 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Deer Park District and the City of Brimbank were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (8.6% compared to 6.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (12.9% compared to 11.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (27.6% compared to 29.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (2.4% compared to 3.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Deer Park District between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Buddhism (+2,213 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+2,085 persons)
  • Islam (+2,065 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+1,602 persons)

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