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In Frankston South in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (16.7% of all people), while 52.2% of people had no religion and 5.0% did not answer the question on religion.

Frankston South'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 South'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 South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%Frankston City %Number%Frankston City %2001 to 2021
Christian total7,56740.338.211,18367.061.9-3,616
Non Christian total3682.04.01901.12.2+178
Non-classifiable religious belief1120.60.83802.32.7-268
No Religion/secular beliefs9,80852.250.63,26019.522.0+6,548
Not stated9355.06.41,68010.111.3-745
Total Population18,790100.0100.016,693100.0100.0+2,097
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Frankston South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%Frankston City %Number%Frankston City %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,13016.717.43,72322.323.4-593
Anglican2,02510.88.84,17725.021.6-2,152
Uniting Church5542.92.01,1186.74.8-564
Christian,nfd3962.12.62071.21.1+189
Presbyterian and Reformed3581.91.66844.14.1-326
Greek Orthodox3271.71.62571.51.3+70
Baptist1991.11.04252.51.7-226
Buddhism1410.81.2570.30.6+84
Pentecostal1310.70.81120.70.9+19
Other Eastern Catholic700.40.10--0.0+70
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 South in 2021 compared to Frankston City shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 42.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 52.2% said they had no religion, compared with 42.1% and 50.6% respectively for Frankston City.

The largest single religion in Frankston South was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 16.7% of the population or 3,130 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Frankston South and Frankston City was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (10.8% compared to 8.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Frankston South between 2001 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-2,152 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-593 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-564 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-326 persons)

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