City of Belmont

Religion

In City of Belmont, the number of non Christians experienced the greatest change (+2,253) compared to Christians and the non religious.

City of Belmont'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.

City of Belmont'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
City of Belmont 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % EMRC area Number % EMRC area 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 9,349 26.6 25.5 8,147 26.9 25.5 +1,202
Anglican 5,236 14.9 17.6 5,516 18.2 18.8 -280
Islam 1,882 5.3 2.4 864 2.9 1.6 +1,018
Buddhism 1,170 3.3 2.5 676 2.2 2.2 +494
Christian,nfd 943 2.7 3.0 646 2.1 2.3 +297
Uniting Church 869 2.5 2.6 918 3.0 2.9 -49
Presbyterian and Reformed 639 1.8 1.8 584 1.9 1.9 +55
Hinduism 538 1.5 1.0 111 0.4 0.3 +427
Baptist 458 1.3 1.7 338 1.1 1.6 +120
Pentecostal 391 1.1 1.1 272 0.9 1.0 +119
Sikhism 275 0.8 0.3 25 0.1 0.1 +250
Jehova's Witnesses 178 0.5 0.5 148 0.5 0.6 +30
Lutheran 170 0.5 0.5 180 0.6 0.6 -10
Seventh Day Adventist 154 0.4 0.4 122 0.4 0.4 +32
Churches of Christ 126 0.4 0.4 151 0.5 0.5 -25
Greek Orthodox 124 0.4 0.7 157 0.5 0.7 -33
Other Protestant 115 0.3 0.3 94 0.3 0.3 +21
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 112 0.3 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 +14
Salvation Army 93 0.3 0.3 136 0.4 0.4 -43
Other Christian 68 0.2 0.2 59 0.2 0.1 +9
Other Non-Christian Religions 54 0.2 0.1 29 0.1 0.1 +25
Baha'i 52 0.1 0.1 16 0.1 0.1 +36
Russian Orthodox 51 0.1 0.1 16 0.1 0.1 +35
Other Eastern Orthodox 48 0.1 0.2 32 0.1 0.2 +16
Serbian Orthodox 48 0.1 0.3 35 0.1 0.3 +13
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
City of Belmont 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % EMRC area Number % EMRC area 2006 to 2011
Christian total 19,230 54.7 57.9 17,720 58.5 58.8 +1,510
Non Christian total 4,081 11.6 7.0 1,828 6.0 5.0 +2,253
Non-classifiable religious belief 353 1.0 0.9 302 1.0 0.8 +51
No religion 7,883 22.4 25.0 6,411 21.2 23.1 +1,472
Not stated 3,640 10.3 9.2 4,050 13.4 12.4 -410
Total Population 35,187 100.0 100.0 30,311 100.0 100.0 +4,876

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, EMRC area: 25.5% Anglican, EMRC area: 17.6% Islam, EMRC area: 2.4% Buddhism, EMRC area: 2.5% Christian,nfd, EMRC area: 3.0% Uniting Church, EMRC area: 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, EMRC area: 1.8% Hinduism, EMRC area: 1.0% Baptist, EMRC area: 1.7% Pentecostal, EMRC area: 1.1% Western (Roman) Catholic, City of Belmont: 26.6% Anglican, City of Belmont: 14.9% Islam, City of Belmont: 5.3% Buddhism, City of Belmont: 3.3% Christian,nfd, City of Belmont: 2.7% Uniting Church, City of Belmont: 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, City of Belmont: 1.8% Hinduism, City of Belmont: 1.5% Baptist, City of Belmont: 1.3% Pentecostal, City of Belmont: 1.1% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, City of Belmont: +1,202 Anglican, City of Belmont: -280 Islam, City of Belmont: +1,018 Buddhism, City of Belmont: +494 Christian,nfd, City of Belmont: +297 Uniting Church, City of Belmont: -49 Presbyterian and Reformed, City of Belmont: +55 Hinduism, City of Belmont: +427 Baptist, City of Belmont: +120 Pentecostal, City of Belmont: +119 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of City of Belmont in 2011 compared to EMRC area shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 66.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 22.4% said they had no religion, compared with 64.9% and 25.0% respectively for EMRC area.

The largest single religion in City of Belmont was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.6% of the population or 9,349 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of City of Belmont and EMRC area were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (5.3% compared to 2.4%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (26.6% compared to 25.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (14.9% compared to 17.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in City of Belmont between 2006 and 2011 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+1,202 persons)
  • Islam (+1,018 persons)
  • Buddhism (+494 persons)
  • Hinduism (+427 persons)