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In Wantirna South in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (15.7% of all people), while 34.9% of people had no religion and 3.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Wantirna 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.

Wantirna 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
Wantirna South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2001 to 2021
Christian total9,48445.842.711,44064.662.5-1,956
Non Christian total3,11115.010.71,5748.94.9+1,537
Non-classifiable religious belief1030.50.63642.12.4-261
No Religion/secular beliefs7,23334.941.42,93416.619.8+4,299
Not stated7853.84.61,4007.910.4-615
Total Population20,716100.0100.017,712100.0100.0+3,004
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
Wantirna South - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,25715.718.74,58325.926.3-1,326
Buddhism1,3106.34.37934.52.4+517
Anglican1,2656.16.72,62614.815.8-1,361
Hinduism1,1955.83.64382.50.8+757
Christian,nfd9474.63.53081.71.6+639
Pentecostal8394.11.83872.21.3+452
Baptist7313.52.34642.62.3+267
Uniting Church5442.62.31,0996.25.5-555
Greek Orthodox5272.52.05843.32.1-57
Presbyterian and Reformed4742.31.74942.83.0-20
Show all (31 entries)
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 Wantirna South in 2021 compared to the City of Knox shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 60.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.9% said they had no religion, compared with 53.4% and 41.4% respectively for the City of Knox.

The largest single religion in Wantirna South was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 15.7% of the population or 3,257 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Wantirna South and the City of Knox were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Pentecostal (4.1% compared to 1.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (5.8% compared to 3.6%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (6.3% compared to 4.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (15.7% compared to 18.7%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-1,361 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,326 persons)
  • Hinduism (+757 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+639 persons)

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