Rowville (Central)
Religion
In Rowville (Central) in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.7% of all people), while 37.7% of people had no religion and 3.6% did not answer the question on religion.
Rowville (Central)'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.
Rowville (Central)'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Rowville (Central) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Rowville (South) % | Number | % | Rowville (South) % | 2016 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 7,097 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 35500 | 8,024 | 52.7 | 55.1 | -927 |
| Non Christian total | 1,867 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 35501 | 1,601 | 10.5 | 11.2 | +266 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 84 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35502 | 105 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -21 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 5,805 | 37.7 | 32.4 | 35503 | 4,503 | 29.6 | 27.3 | +1,302 |
| Not stated | 561 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 35504 | 983 | 6.5 | 6.1 | -422 |
| Total Population | 15,414 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15,216 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +198 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Rowville (Central) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Rowville (South) % | Number | % | Rowville (South) % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 3,495 | 22.7 | 27.7 | 35044 | 3,895 | 25.6 | 28.9 | -400 |
| Anglican | 954 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 35000 | 1,258 | 8.3 | 8.3 | -304 |
| Buddhism | 758 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 35008 | 720 | 4.7 | 4.5 | +38 |
| Christian,nfd | 540 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 35011 | 433 | 2.8 | 2.8 | +107 |
| Hinduism | 538 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35016 | 430 | 2.8 | 3.3 | +108 |
| Greek Orthodox | 474 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 35015 | 509 | 3.3 | 3.7 | -35 |
| Islam | 368 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 35017 | 259 | 1.7 | 2.3 | +109 |
| Uniting Church | 368 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 35043 | 520 | 3.4 | 2.5 | -152 |
| Baptist | 304 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 35006 | 304 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Pentecostal | 217 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 35033 | 216 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +1 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 199 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 35036 | 279 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -80 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 111 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 35014 | 103 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +8 |
| Sikhism | 92 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 35041 | 99 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -7 |
| Other Protestant | 84 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 35034 | 108 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -24 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 63 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 35039 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +19 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 57 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 35001 | 73 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -16 |
| Baha'i | 50 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35005 | 40 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Lutheran | 36 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35021 | 49 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -13 |
| Churches of Christ | 32 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35013 | 50 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -18 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 26 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35040 | 24 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +2 |
| Russian Orthodox | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35037 | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35029 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +4 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 20 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 35031 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 20 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35018 | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35020 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35022 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35028 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Judaism | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35019 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Salvation Army | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35038 | 36 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -26 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Rowville (Central) in 2021 compared to Rowville (South) shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 58.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 37.7% said they had no religion, compared with 63.8% and 32.4% respectively for Rowville (South).
The largest single religion in Rowville (Central) was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.7% of the population or 3,495 people as adherents.
The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Rowville (Central) and Rowville (South) was:
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.7% compared to 27.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Rowville (Central) between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-400 persons)
- Anglican (-304 persons)
- Uniting Church (-152 persons)
- Islam (+109 persons)