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Doveton – Eumemmering

Religion

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In Doveton – Eumemmering in 2021, the largest religious group was Islam (26.7% of all people), while 18.9% of people had no religion and 9.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Doveton – Eumemmering'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.

Doveton – Eumemmering'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Doveton – Eumemmering - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %2006 to 2021
Christian total3,85532.439.05,56959.759.7-1,714
Non Christian total4,61538.826.41,12612.18.7+3,489
Non-classifiable religious belief740.60.5820.90.6-8
No Religion/secular beliefs2,25018.928.51,50016.120.1+750
Not stated1,0879.15.71,05511.310.8+32
Total Population11,881100.0100.09,332100.0100.0+2,549
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
Doveton – Eumemmering - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %2006 to 2021
Islam3,16726.710.55515.93.5+2,616
Western (Roman) Catholic1,60913.519.52,43726.128.5-828
Hinduism6125.26.31191.31.4+493
Buddhism5414.65.03934.23.0+148
Christian,nfd4974.23.62132.31.9+284
Serbian Orthodox3743.10.62923.10.7+82
Anglican3152.74.998810.612.7-673
Sikhism2392.04.1150.20.4+224
Greek Orthodox2081.81.51982.11.8+10
Pentecostal1581.31.81972.11.9-39
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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 Doveton – Eumemmering in 2021 compared to the City of Casey shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 71.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 18.9% said they had no religion, compared with 65.4% and 28.5% respectively for the City of Casey.

The largest single religion in Doveton – Eumemmering was Islam, with 26.7% of the population or 3,167 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Doveton – Eumemmering and the City of Casey were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (26.7% compared to 10.5%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Serbian Orthodox (3.1% compared to 0.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (13.5% compared to 19.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (2.7% compared to 4.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Doveton – Eumemmering between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+2,616 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-828 persons)
  • Anglican (-673 persons)
  • Hinduism (+493 persons)

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