Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment
Religion
In Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (15.9% of all people), while 30.4% of people had no religion and 11.8% did not answer the question on religion.
Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment'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.
Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Mitchell Shire % | Number | % | Mitchell Shire % | 2006 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 631 | 36.3 | 43.4 | 35500 | 789 | 60.0 | 62.9 | -159 |
| Non Christian total | 365 | 21.0 | 6.5 | 35501 | 59 | 4.6 | 1.2 | +305 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 35502 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -4 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 529 | 30.4 | 42.4 | 35503 | 287 | 21.9 | 23.8 | +241 |
| Not stated | 206 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 35504 | 166 | 12.7 | 11.4 | +39 |
| Total Population | 1,739 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,316 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +422 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Mitchell Shire % | Number | % | Mitchell Shire % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 276 | 15.9 | 24.1 | 35044 | 315 | 24.0 | 30.1 | -39 |
| Islam | 157 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 35017 | 26 | 2.0 | 0.4 | +130 |
| Buddhism | 112 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 35008 | 23 | 1.8 | 0.4 | +89 |
| Anglican | 95 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 35000 | 207 | 15.8 | 18.2 | -113 |
| Christian,nfd | 81 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 35011 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.9 | +61 |
| Sikhism | 48 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 35041 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +47 |
| Hinduism | 39 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 35016 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +33 |
| Uniting Church | 36 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 35043 | 56 | 4.3 | 5.1 | -20 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 34 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 35036 | 53 | 4.1 | 4.1 | -19 |
| Pentecostal | 33 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 35033 | 24 | 1.8 | 0.5 | +9 |
| Baptist | 21 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 35006 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +12 |
| Greek Orthodox | 16 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 35015 | 17 | 1.3 | 0.8 | -1 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment in 2021 compared to Mitchell Shire shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 57.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 30.4% said they had no religion, compared with 49.8% and 42.4% respectively for Mitchell Shire.
The largest single religion in Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 15.9% of the population or 276 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment and Mitchell Shire were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (9.0% compared to 1.6%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (6.4% compared to 0.8%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (15.9% compared to 24.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.5% compared to 9.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Fountain Gate - Narre Warren Catchment between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Islam (+130 persons)
- Anglican (-113 persons)
- Buddhism (+89 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+61 persons)