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Shire of Mundaring

Religion

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In the Shire of Mundaring in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (14.2% of all people), while 48.4% of people had no religion and 10.4% did not answer the question on religion.

The Shire of Mundaring'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.

The Shire of Mundaring'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
Shire of Mundaring - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%EMRC area %Number%EMRC area %2016 to 2021
Christian total15,01838.341.218,24047.849.2-3,222
Non Christian total8022.09.98102.18.5-8
Non-classifiable religious belief2910.70.73010.80.7-10
No Religion/secular beliefs18,96948.441.513,90936.532.0+5,060
Not stated4,08710.46.74,89912.89.6-812
Total Population39,167100.0100.038,159100.0100.0+1,008
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Shire of Mundaring - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%EMRC area %Number%EMRC area %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic5,54614.220.26,54517.223.0-999
Anglican4,73312.19.06,40716.813.0-1,674
Christian,nfd1,3573.53.51,4113.73.6-54
Baptist7451.91.56721.81.5+73
Uniting Church5861.51.18552.21.6-269
Presbyterian and Reformed4151.10.95841.51.3-169
Buddhism3570.92.63641.02.7-7
Jehova's Witnesses2730.70.43310.90.5-58
Pentecostal2050.51.12170.61.1-12
Other Protestant2030.50.61900.50.6+13
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 the Shire of Mundaring in 2021 compared to EMRC area shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 40.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 48.4% said they had no religion, compared with 51.2% and 41.5% respectively for EMRC area.

The largest single religion in the Shire of Mundaring was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 14.2% of the population or 5,546 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Shire of Mundaring and EMRC area were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (12.1% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (14.2% compared to 20.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (0.2% compared to 3.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (0.3% compared to 2.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Shire of Mundaring between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-1,674 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-999 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-269 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-169 persons)

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