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In Bonnyrigg Heights in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (28.0% of all people), while 12.2% of people had no religion and 4.4% did not answer the question on religion.

Bonnyrigg Heights'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.

Bonnyrigg Heights'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
Bonnyrigg Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Fairfield City %Number%Fairfield City %2016 to 2021
Christian total3,87052.550.33,92253.751.6-52
Non Christian total2,25130.527.82,20530.228.3+46
Non-classifiable religious belief240.30.3100.10.4+14
No Religion/secular beliefs89912.214.776910.512.7+130
Not stated3284.47.03955.47.0-67
Total Population7,372100.0100.07,301100.0100.0+71
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
Bonnyrigg Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Fairfield City %Number%Fairfield City %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,06628.026.32,11529.028.1-49
Buddhism1,56821.319.91,59221.820.7-24
Islam5096.96.34345.95.9+75
Serbian Orthodox3985.41.43995.51.5-1
Christian,nfd3164.34.00--3.6+316
Other Eastern Catholic2453.33.71822.52.5+63
Assyrian Apostolic2383.24.81932.63.8+45
Greek Orthodox1051.41.31211.71.3-16
Hinduism1031.40.61171.60.7-14
Anglican961.32.61792.53.7-83
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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 Bonnyrigg Heights in 2021 compared to Fairfield City shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 83.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 12.2% said they had no religion, compared with 78.0% and 14.7% respectively for Fairfield City.

The largest single religion in Bonnyrigg Heights was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 28.0% of the population or 2,066 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Bonnyrigg Heights and Fairfield City were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Serbian Orthodox (5.4% compared to 1.4%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (28.0% compared to 26.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (21.3% compared to 19.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Assyrian Apostolic (3.2% compared to 4.8%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Christian,nfd (+316 persons)
  • Anglican (-83 persons)
  • Islam (+75 persons)
  • Other Eastern Catholic (+63 persons)

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