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In Frankston North in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (13.2% of all people), while 50.4% of people had no religion and 12.0% did not answer the question on religion.

Frankston North'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 North'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 North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Langwarrin %Number%Langwarrin %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,87832.839.02,42842.248.9-550
Non Christian total2043.61.72233.91.7-19
Non-classifiable religious belief701.20.8681.20.7+2
No Religion/secular beliefs2,88850.453.92,22938.741.1+659
Not stated68512.04.680514.07.6-120
Total Population5,725100.0100.05,753100.0100.0-28
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 North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Langwarrin %Number%Langwarrin %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic75313.218.095016.520.8-197
Anglican4257.410.065211.313.9-227
Presbyterian and Reformed1542.71.92063.63.0-52
Christian,nfd1482.62.70----+148
Uniting Church711.22.21011.82.8-30
Baptist671.20.8480.81.1+19
Greek Orthodox641.11.1631.10.9+1
Buddhism591.00.8631.10.8-4
Pentecostal571.00.9591.01.2-2
Islam540.90.3500.90.2+4
Show all (23 entries)
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 North in 2021 compared to Langwarrin shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 36.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 50.4% said they had no religion, compared with 40.8% and 53.9% respectively for Langwarrin.

The largest single religion in Frankston North was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 13.2% of the population or 753 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Frankston North and Langwarrin were:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (13.2% compared to 18.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (7.4% compared to 10.0%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-227 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-197 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+148 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-52 persons)

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