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Hobsons Bay CityCommunity profile

In Hobsons Bay City in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (25.6% of all people), while 38.5% of people had no religion and 5.6% did not answer the question on religion.

Hobsons Bay City'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.

Hobsons Bay City'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
Hobsons Bay City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Christian total40,70644.640.143,87749.446.3-3,171
Non Christian total9,76410.716.39,49410.713.2+270
Non-classifiable religious belief5200.60.65770.60.7-57
No Religion/secular beliefs35,17838.537.227,64731.131.3+7,531
Not stated5,1305.65.87,1878.18.6-2,057
Total Population91,298100.0100.088,782100.0100.0+2,516
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
Hobsons Bay City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic23,33825.620.523,95727.023.2-619
Anglican4,8925.45.56,2287.07.6-1,336
Islam4,6565.15.34,4085.04.2+248
Greek Orthodox3,7194.13.33,6834.13.5+36
Hinduism2,1352.34.11,9242.22.9+211
Christian,nfd2,1222.32.72,0562.32.6+66
Buddhism2,0432.23.92,1022.43.8-59
Uniting Church1,3371.51.71,8592.12.3-522
Presbyterian and Reformed9351.01.11,3711.51.6-436
Baptist8941.01.31,0131.11.3-119
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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 Hobsons Bay City in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 55.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 38.5% said they had no religion, compared with 56.4% and 37.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

The largest single religion in Hobsons Bay City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 25.6% of the population or 23,338 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Hobsons Bay City and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (25.6% compared to 20.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (2.3% compared to 4.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.2% compared to 3.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Sikhism (0.6% compared to 1.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Hobsons Bay City between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-1,336 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-619 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-522 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-436 persons)

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