Mount Pritchard

Religion

In Mount Pritchard, the number of non Christians experienced the greatest change (+357) compared to Christians and the non religious.

Mount Pritchard'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.

Mount Pritchard'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
Mount Pritchard 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % Fairfield City Number % Fairfield City 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 60,656 64.6 64.6 60,791 67.6 67.6 -135
Buddhism 43,230 46.0 46.0 39,812 44.3 44.3 +3,418
Anglican 9,993 10.6 10.6 11,471 12.8 12.8 -1,478
Islam 9,915 10.6 10.6 7,890 8.8 8.8 +2,025
Assyrian Apostolic 6,281 6.7 6.7 5,027 5.6 5.6 +1,254
Other Eastern Orthodox 3,135 3.3 3.3 3,186 3.5 3.5 -51
Serbian Orthodox 3,011 3.2 3.2 3,165 3.5 3.5 -154
Greek Orthodox 2,983 3.2 3.2 3,382 3.8 3.8 -399
Christian,nfd 2,982 3.2 3.3 2,096 2.3 2.4 +886
Baptist 2,738 2.9 2.9 2,450 2.7 2.7 +288
Western (Roman) Catholic 2,587 30.0 32.3 2,689 31.7 33.8 -102
Other Eastern Catholic 2,575 2.7 2.7 2,118 2.4 2.4 +457
Uniting Church 1,747 1.9 1.9 1,799 2.0 2.0 -52
Pentecostal 1,499 1.6 1.6 1,330 1.5 1.5 +169
Buddhism 1,375 15.9 23.0 1,141 13.4 22.1 +234
Hinduism 1,343 1.4 1.4 1,169 1.3 1.3 +174
Presbyterian and Reformed 1,280 1.4 1.4 1,319 1.5 1.5 -39
Macedonian Orthodox 1,084 1.2 1.2 1,039 1.2 1.2 +45
Other Non-Christian Religions 1,027 1.1 1.1 711 0.8 0.8 +316
Russian Orthodox 950 1.0 1.0 976 1.1 1.1 -26
Anglican 946 11.0 5.3 1,057 12.4 6.4 -111
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 826 0.9 0.9 752 0.8 0.8 +74
Jehova's Witnesses 816 0.9 0.9 757 0.8 0.8 +59
Seventh Day Adventist 632 0.7 0.7 581 0.6 0.6 +51
Other Protestant 588 0.6 0.6 581 0.6 0.6 +7
Islam 572 6.6 5.3 469 5.5 4.4 +103
Maronite Catholic 478 0.5 0.5 477 0.5 0.5 +1
Coptic Orthodox 444 0.5 0.5 438 0.5 0.5 +6
Lutheran 421 0.4 0.4 498 0.6 0.6 -77
Armenian Apostolic 338 0.4 0.4 371 0.4 0.4 -33
Other Oriental Orthodox 318 0.3 0.3 213 0.2 0.2 +105
Serbian Orthodox 290 3.4 1.6 288 3.4 1.8 +1
Greek Orthodox 239 2.8 1.6 264 3.1 1.9 -25
Salvation Army 191 0.2 0.2 173 0.2 0.2 +18
Other Christian 184 0.2 0.2 109 0.1 0.1 +75
Other Eastern Orthodox 182 2.1 1.7 197 2.3 1.8 -15
Sikhism 131 0.1 0.1 62 0.1 0.1 +69
Uniting Church 129 1.5 0.9 114 1.3 1.0 +15
Christian,nfd 121 1.4 1.6 87 1.0 1.2 +33
Baptist 114 1.3 1.5 131 1.5 1.4 -17
Chinese and Japanese Religions 96 0.1 3.3 66 0.1 2.4 +30
Presbyterian and Reformed 92 1.1 0.7 113 1.3 0.7 -21
Pentecostal 74 0.9 0.8 49 0.6 0.7 +25
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 69 0.8 0.4 74 0.9 0.4 -5
Jehova's Witnesses 58 0.7 0.4 37 0.4 0.4 +21
Hinduism 54 0.6 0.7 54 0.6 0.6 0
Assyrian Apostolic 44 0.5 3.3 37 0.4 2.8 +8
Seventh Day Adventist 42 0.5 0.3 24 0.3 0.3 +18
Lutheran 39 0.5 0.2 39 0.5 0.3 0
Macedonian Orthodox 35 0.4 0.6 44 0.5 0.6 -9
Other Non-Christian Religions 25 0.3 0.5 13 0.2 0.4 +12
Other Protestant 22 0.3 0.3 16 0.2 0.3 +6
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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
Mount Pritchard 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % Fairfield City Number % Fairfield City 2006 to 2011
Christian total 5,152 59.7 56.6 5,346 62.9 58.6 -194
Non Christian total 2,045 23.7 29.8 1,689 19.9 27.7 +357
Non-classifiable religious belief 19 0.2 0.4 43 0.5 0.4 -24
No religion 750 8.7 7.7 596 7.0 6.4 +154
Not stated 668 7.7 5.6 820 9.7 6.9 -152
Total Population 8,636 100.0 100.0 8,495 100.0 100.0 +140

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, Fairfield City: 64.6% Buddhism, Fairfield City: 46.0% Anglican, Fairfield City: 10.6% Islam, Fairfield City: 10.6% Assyrian Apostolic, Fairfield City: 6.7% Other Eastern Orthodox, Fairfield City: 3.3% Serbian Orthodox, Fairfield City: 3.2% Greek Orthodox, Fairfield City: 3.2% Christian,nfd, Fairfield City: 3.3% Baptist, Fairfield City: 2.9% Western (Roman) Catholic, Mount Pritchard: 64.6% Buddhism, Mount Pritchard: 46.0% Anglican, Mount Pritchard: 10.6% Islam, Mount Pritchard: 10.6% Assyrian Apostolic, Mount Pritchard: 6.7% Other Eastern Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: 3.3% Serbian Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: 3.2% Greek Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: 3.2% Christian,nfd, Mount Pritchard: 3.2% Baptist, Mount Pritchard: 2.9% ​
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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, Mount Pritchard: -135 Buddhism, Mount Pritchard: +3,418 Anglican, Mount Pritchard: -1,478 Islam, Mount Pritchard: +2,025 Assyrian Apostolic, Mount Pritchard: +1,254 Other Eastern Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: -51 Serbian Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: -154 Greek Orthodox, Mount Pritchard: -399 Christian,nfd, Mount Pritchard: +886 Baptist, Mount Pritchard: +288 ​
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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 Mount Pritchard in 2011 compared to Fairfield City shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 83.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 8.7% said they had no religion, compared with 86.4% and 7.7% respectively for Fairfield City.

The largest single religion in Mount Pritchard was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 64.6% of the population or 60,656 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Mount Pritchard and Fairfield City were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (11.0% compared to 5.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Serbian Orthodox (3.4% compared to 1.6%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (6.6% compared to 5.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (2.8% compared to 1.6%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Buddhism (+3,418 persons)
  • Islam (+2,025 persons)
  • Anglican (-1,478 persons)
  • Assyrian Apostolic (+1,254 persons)