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In Frankston Heights in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (16.6% of all people), while 51.9% of people had no religion and 6.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Frankston 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.

Frankston 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
Frankston Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Frankston City %Number%Frankston City %2016 to 2021
Christian total4,73537.338.25,72046.147.0-986
Non Christian total3753.04.03422.83.7+33
Non-classifiable religious belief1331.00.81130.90.9+19
No Religion/secular beliefs6,59851.950.65,07941.039.3+1,518
Not stated8656.86.41,1409.29.1-275
Total Population12,706100.0100.012,396100.0100.0+309
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 Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Frankston City %Number%Frankston City %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,10316.617.42,35619.020.1-254
Anglican1,1088.78.81,56412.612.3-457
Christian,nfd3352.62.63542.92.9-20
Uniting Church2642.12.03242.62.6-61
Greek Orthodox2081.61.61821.51.5+25
Presbyterian and Reformed2071.61.62972.42.6-91
Buddhism1401.11.21451.21.2-6
Baptist1020.81.01351.11.1-33
Pentecostal990.80.81451.21.1-47
Islam850.70.8320.30.7+53
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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 Heights in 2021 compared to Frankston 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, 40.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 51.9% said they had no religion, compared with 42.1% and 50.6% respectively for Frankston City.

The largest single religion in Frankston Heights was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 16.6% of the population or 2,103 people as adherents.

There were no major differences between Frankston Heights and Frankston City in 2021.

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-457 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-254 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-91 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-61 persons)

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