Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley
Religion
In Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley in 2016, the largest religious group was Anglican (26.4% of all people), while 26.5% of people had no religion and 7.5% did not answer the question on religion.
Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley'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.
Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley'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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| Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Gorokan District % | Number | % | Gorokan District % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 29,990 | 64.2 | 61.7 | 35500 | 32,260 | 73.0 | 73.0 | -2,270 |
| Non Christian total | 689 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 35501 | 591 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +98 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 191 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 35502 | 265 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -74 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 12,360 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 35503 | 8,038 | 18.2 | 17.3 | +4,322 |
| Not stated | 3,494 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 35504 | 3,050 | 6.9 | 7.8 | +444 |
| Total Population | 46,724 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 44,204 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,520 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Gorokan District % | Number | % | Gorokan District % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Anglican | 12,340 | 26.4 | 24.7 | 35000 | 14,391 | 32.6 | 32.0 | -2,051 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 12,090 | 25.9 | 23.5 | 35044 | 11,943 | 27.0 | 25.8 | +147 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 1,323 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 35036 | 1,451 | 3.3 | 3.2 | -128 |
| Uniting Church | 1,321 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 35043 | 1,699 | 3.8 | 3.8 | -378 |
| Christian,nfd | 720 | 1.5 | -- | 35011 | 682 | 1.5 | 1.9 | +38 |
| Baptist | 701 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 35006 | 721 | 1.6 | 1.9 | -20 |
| Buddhism | 368 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 35008 | 283 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +85 |
| Pentecostal | 326 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 35033 | 276 | 0.6 | 1.1 | +50 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 226 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 35018 | 225 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +1 |
| Other Protestant | 184 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 35034 | 95 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +89 |
| Salvation Army | 160 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35038 | 157 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +3 |
| Greek Orthodox | 150 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 35015 | 120 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +30 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 122 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35040 | 115 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +7 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 118 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35020 | 126 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -8 |
| Islam | 95 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 35017 | 113 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -18 |
| Lutheran | 72 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35021 | 132 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -60 |
| Hinduism | 55 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35016 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Paganism | 48 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35035 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Judaism | 35 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35019 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Other Christian | 35 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 35027 | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35031 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Russian Orthodox | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35037 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35039 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Spiritualism | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35042 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Churches of Christ | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35013 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35004 | 11 | 0.0 | -- | +5 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35045 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -10 |
| Sikhism | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35041 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +10 |
| Other Nature Religions | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35030 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35022 | 4 | 0.0 | -- | +6 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. 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 Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley in 2016 compared to Gorokan District shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 65.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 26.5% said they had no religion, compared with 63.5% and 26.6% respectively for Gorokan District.
The largest single religion in Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley was Anglican, with 26.4% of the population or 12,340 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley and Gorokan District were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (25.9% compared to 23.5%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (26.4% compared to 24.7%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (1.5% compared to 0.0%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Other Christian (0.1% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Northern Lakes, San Remo-Budgewoi and Toukley between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-2,051 persons)
- Uniting Church (-378 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (+147 persons)
- Presbyterian and Reformed (-128 persons)