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Ormeau (West) - Yatala

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In Ormeau (West) - Yatala in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (15.7% of all people), while 45.5% of people had no religion and 5.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Ormeau (West) - Yatala'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.

Ormeau (West) - Yatala'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Ormeau (West) - Yatala - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Ashmore %Number%Ashmore %2011 to 2021
Christian total5,39745.443.95,72469.964.2-327
Non Christian total4043.44.31301.63.4+274
Non-classifiable religious belief660.60.6680.80.6-2
No Religion/secular beliefs5,40945.541.51,73821.221.5+3,671
Not stated6065.19.75276.410.3+79
Total Population11,882100.0100.08,187100.0100.0+3,695
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Ormeau (West) - Yatala - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Ashmore %Number%Ashmore %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,86815.718.31,85222.624.2+16
Anglican1,40711.812.01,95323.920.0-546
Christian,nfd5244.42.83233.92.8+201
Uniting Church4243.63.15136.35.6-89
Pentecostal2592.20.91201.51.0+139
Presbyterian and Reformed2352.01.73043.73.6-69
Baptist1851.60.91201.51.0+65
Lutheran1331.10.72132.62.0-80
Buddhism1070.92.0620.81.9+45
Hinduism920.80.8300.40.2+62
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Ormeau (West) - Yatala in 2021 compared to Ashmore shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 48.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 45.5% said they had no religion, compared with 48.2% and 41.5% respectively for Ashmore.

The largest single religion in Ormeau (West) - Yatala was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 15.7% of the population or 1,868 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Ormeau (West) - Yatala and Ashmore were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (4.4% compared to 2.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Pentecostal (2.2% compared to 0.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (15.7% compared to 18.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (0.9% compared to 2.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Ormeau (West) - Yatala between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-546 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+201 persons)
  • Pentecostal (+139 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-89 persons)

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