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Frankston CityCommunity profile

In Frankston City in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.4% of all people), while 50.6% of people had no religion and 6.4% did not answer the question on religion.

Frankston City'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.

Frankston City'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
Frankston City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Christian total53,14538.240.163,07247.046.3-9,927
Non Christian total5,5364.016.35,0143.713.2+522
Non-classifiable religious belief1,1710.80.61,2380.90.7-67
No Religion/secular beliefs70,43950.637.252,65639.331.3+17,783
Not stated8,9686.45.812,1659.18.6-3,197
Total Population139,259100.0100.0134,145100.0100.0+5,114
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
Frankston City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic24,16517.420.526,96320.123.2-2,798
Anglican12,2098.85.516,47012.37.6-4,261
Christian,nfd3,6302.62.73,9522.92.6-322
Uniting Church2,7322.01.73,4292.62.3-697
Greek Orthodox2,2941.63.31,9921.53.5+302
Presbyterian and Reformed2,2821.61.13,5292.61.6-1,247
Buddhism1,6961.23.91,6431.23.8+53
Hinduism1,4441.04.11,3801.02.9+64
Baptist1,3241.01.31,5361.11.3-212
Islam1,1730.85.39020.74.2+271
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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 Frankston City in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 42.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 50.6% said they had no religion, compared with 56.4% and 37.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

The largest single religion in Frankston City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.4% of the population or 24,165 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Frankston City and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (8.8% compared to 5.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (0.8% compared to 5.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.4% compared to 20.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (1.0% compared to 4.1%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-4,261 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-2,798 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-1,247 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-697 persons)

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