Fairfield East
Religion
In Fairfield East in 2021, the largest religious group was Islam (19.7% of all people), while 14.8% of people had no religion and 9.5% did not answer the question on religion.
Fairfield East'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.
Fairfield East'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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| Fairfield East - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Fairfield City % | Number | % | Fairfield City % | 2006 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 1,826 | 35.1 | 50.3 | 35500 | 1,966 | 46.0 | 58.6 | -140 |
| Non Christian total | 2,090 | 40.2 | 27.8 | 35501 | 1,600 | 37.4 | 27.7 | +489 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 16 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35502 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -4 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 769 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 35503 | 369 | 8.6 | 6.4 | +400 |
| Not stated | 495 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 35504 | 321 | 7.5 | 6.9 | +174 |
| Total Population | 5,196 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,277 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +918 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Fairfield East - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Fairfield City % | Number | % | Fairfield City % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Islam | 1,025 | 19.7 | 6.3 | 35017 | 504 | 11.8 | 4.4 | +520 |
| Buddhism | 991 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 35008 | 1,042 | 24.4 | 22.1 | -52 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 964 | 18.6 | 26.3 | 35044 | 1,136 | 26.6 | 33.8 | -173 |
| Baptist | 179 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 35006 | 80 | 1.9 | 1.4 | +98 |
| Christian,nfd | 133 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 35011 | 49 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +84 |
| Anglican | 112 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 35000 | 287 | 6.7 | 6.4 | -175 |
| Assyrian Apostolic | 67 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 35003 | 11 | 0.3 | 2.8 | +56 |
| Greek Orthodox | 63 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 35015 | 66 | 1.6 | 1.9 | -4 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 59 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 35028 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.2 | +49 |
| Hinduism | 41 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 35016 | 50 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -9 |
| Uniting Church | 32 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 35043 | 64 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -33 |
| Pentecostal | 29 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 35033 | 31 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -2 |
| Maronite Catholic | 26 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 35023 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +8 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 25 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 35031 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +22 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 24 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35036 | 26 | 0.6 | 0.7 | -2 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 20 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 35039 | 4 | 0.1 | 1.8 | +16 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 17 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35040 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Other Protestant | 17 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35034 | 15 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +1 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 15 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35020 | 17 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -2 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 14 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35018 | 15 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -1 |
| Russian Orthodox | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35037 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -2 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35014 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +10 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Fairfield East in 2021 compared to Fairfield City shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 75.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 14.8% said they had no religion, compared with 78.0% and 14.7% respectively for Fairfield City.
The largest single religion in Fairfield East was Islam, with 19.7% of the population or 1,025 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Fairfield East and Fairfield City were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (19.7% compared to 6.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (18.6% compared to 26.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Assyrian Apostolic (1.3% compared to 4.8%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Other Eastern Catholic (1.1% compared to 3.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Fairfield East between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Islam (+520 persons)
- Anglican (-175 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-173 persons)
- Baptist (+98 persons)