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In St Albans in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (25.0% of all people), while 19.8% of people had no religion and 10.3% did not answer the question on religion.

St Albans'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.

St Albans'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
St Albans - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2016 to 2021
Christian total15,45040.648.316,74744.951.9-1,297
Non Christian total10,98528.923.010,84029.122.3+145
Non-classifiable religious belief1420.40.42050.50.5-63
No Religion/secular beliefs7,52919.821.15,83315.616.9+1,696
Not stated3,91010.37.13,6819.98.4+229
Total Population38,016100.0100.037,306100.0100.0+710
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
St Albans - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic9,51325.029.210,10627.131.1-593
Buddhism5,93215.611.15,64515.110.8+287
Islam2,2455.96.72,0595.55.8+186
Hinduism1,4863.93.11,1513.12.9+335
Christian,nfd1,4183.73.80--3.5+1,418
Sikhism1,2483.31.81,8765.02.6-628
Greek Orthodox9982.63.91,2393.34.3-241
Anglican4841.32.46351.73.1-151
Baptist4841.31.64171.11.5+67
Macedonian Orthodox3310.91.44181.11.5-87
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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 St Albans in 2021 compared to the City of Brimbank shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 69.5% 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 St Albans was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 25.0% of the population or 9,513 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of St Albans and the City of Brimbank were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (15.6% compared to 11.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (3.3% compared to 1.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (25.0% compared to 29.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (2.6% compared to 3.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in St Albans between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Other Christian (-1,447 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+1,418 persons)
  • Sikhism (-628 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-593 persons)

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