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Narre Warren South

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In Narre Warren South in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.8% of all people), while 28.7% of people had no religion and 4.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Narre Warren South'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.

Narre Warren South'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
Narre Warren South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %2006 to 2021
Christian total12,53940.639.015,38760.159.7-2,848
Non Christian total8,12126.326.42,1308.38.7+5,991
Non-classifiable religious belief1040.30.51270.50.6-23
No Religion/secular beliefs8,85828.728.55,16720.220.1+3,691
Not stated1,2804.15.72,80310.910.8-1,523
Total Population30,902100.0100.025,614100.0100.0+5,288
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
Narre Warren South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic6,42720.819.57,66329.928.5-1,236
Islam4,96316.110.57552.93.5+4,208
Anglican1,5705.14.93,25712.712.7-1,687
Buddhism1,2634.15.07292.83.0+534
Hinduism1,1703.86.33841.51.4+786
Christian,nfd1,0763.53.65272.11.9+549
Sikhism5951.94.11790.70.4+416
Pentecostal5751.91.85872.31.9-12
Greek Orthodox4531.51.53971.51.8+56
Uniting Church4441.41.48433.33.4-399
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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 Narre Warren South in 2021 compared to the City of Casey shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 66.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 28.7% said they had no religion, compared with 65.4% and 28.5% respectively for the City of Casey.

The largest single religion in Narre Warren South was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.8% of the population or 6,427 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Narre Warren South and the City of Casey were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (16.1% compared to 10.5%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.8% compared to 19.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (3.8% compared to 6.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Sikhism (1.9% compared to 4.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Narre Warren South between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+4,208 persons)
  • Anglican (-1,687 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,236 persons)
  • Hinduism (+786 persons)

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