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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Paradise Point - Hollywell in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.1% of all people), while 34.4% of people had no religion and 8.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Paradise Point - Hollywell'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.
Paradise Point - Hollywell'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?'
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| Paradise Point - Hollywell - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Pacific Pines - Gaven % | Number | % | Pacific Pines - Gaven % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Christian total | 5,433 | 54.4 | 41.3 | 5,928 | 63.1 | 51.0 | -495 |
| Non Christian total | 283 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 232 | 2.5 | 4.7 | +51 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 41 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 65 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -24 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 3,437 | 34.4 | 46.5 | 2,403 | 25.6 | 35.1 | +1,034 |
| Not stated | 796 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 765 | 8.1 | 8.6 | +31 |
| Total Population | 9,990 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,393 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +597 |
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| Paradise Point - Hollywell - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Religion | Number | % | Pacific Pines - Gaven % | Number | % | Pacific Pines - Gaven % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 2,204 | 22.1 | 15.4 | 2,313 | 24.6 | 18.8 | -109 |
| Anglican | 1,859 | 18.6 | 10.8 | 2,102 | 22.4 | 14.6 | -243 |
| Uniting Church | 399 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 461 | 4.9 | 3.4 | -62 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 258 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 324 | 3.4 | 2.6 | -66 |
| Christian,nfd | 214 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 201 | 2.1 | 3.7 | +13 |
| Buddhism | 125 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 116 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +9 |
| Greek Orthodox | 111 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 87 | 0.9 | 0.6 | +24 |
| Islam | 90 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 66 | 0.7 | 1.6 | +24 |
| Pentecostal | 76 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 60 | 0.6 | 1.7 | +16 |
| Baptist | 75 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 81 | 0.9 | 1.5 | -6 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Paradise Point - Hollywell in 2021 compared to Pacific Pines - Gaven shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 57.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.4% said they had no religion, compared with 47.4% and 46.5% respectively for Pacific Pines - Gaven.
The largest single religion in Paradise Point - Hollywell was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.1% of the population or 2,204 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Paradise Point - Hollywell and Pacific Pines - Gaven were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (18.6% compared to 10.8%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.1% compared to 15.4%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (4.0% compared to 2.0%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (0.2% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Paradise Point - Hollywell between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-243 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-109 persons)
- Presbyterian and Reformed (-66 persons)
- Uniting Church (-62 persons)
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