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Bass Hill - Lansdowne

Religion

In Bass Hill - Lansdowne in 2021, the largest religious group was Islam (33.5% of all people), while 9.2% of people had no religion and 10.3% did not answer the question on religion.

Bass Hill - Lansdowne'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.

Bass Hill - Lansdowne'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
Bass Hill - Lansdowne - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Roselands %Number%Roselands %2011 to 2021
Christian total4,06239.753.24,85760.062.4-796
Non Christian total4,15240.627.42,14826.622.0+2,003
Non-classifiable religious belief300.30.3130.20.4+17
No Religion/secular beliefs9409.212.84785.97.9+462
Not stated1,05110.36.35947.47.3+456
Total Population10,235100.0100.08,092100.0100.0+2,142
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Bass Hill - Lansdowne - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Roselands %Number%Roselands %2011 to 2021
Islam3,42933.522.71,60719.917.1+1,822
Western (Roman) Catholic1,86718.219.72,29028.324.1-423
Buddhism6526.43.04595.73.4+192
Maronite Catholic4043.93.51962.41.9+207
Anglican4013.93.780910.07.5-409
Greek Orthodox4013.916.44205.216.8-19
Christian,nfd2152.12.3771.01.3+137
Other Eastern Orthodox1501.51.11712.11.3-21
Uniting Church940.90.91201.51.7-26
Macedonian Orthodox800.80.61101.40.8-31
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Bass Hill - Lansdowne in 2021 compared to Roselands shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 80.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 9.2% said they had no religion, compared with 80.6% and 12.8% respectively for Roselands.

The largest single religion in Bass Hill - Lansdowne was Islam, with 33.5% of the population or 3,429 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Bass Hill - Lansdowne and Roselands were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (33.5% compared to 22.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (6.4% compared to 3.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (3.9% compared to 16.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (18.2% compared to 19.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Bass Hill - Lansdowne between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+1,822 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-423 persons)
  • Anglican (-409 persons)
  • Maronite Catholic (+207 persons)

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