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In Ferntree Gully in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (18.7% of all people), while 46.9% of people had no religion and 4.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Ferntree Gully'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.

Ferntree Gully'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
Ferntree Gully - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Christian total11,04040.342.712,92148.949.8-1,881
Non Christian total1,9927.310.71,4345.48.6+558
Non-classifiable religious belief2130.80.62300.90.7-17
No Religion/secular beliefs12,83346.941.49,98837.833.8+2,845
Not stated1,3134.84.61,8607.07.0-547
Total Population27,391100.0100.026,433100.0100.0+958
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
Ferntree Gully - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic5,11218.718.75,73721.721.4-625
Anglican2,0127.36.72,85110.89.4-839
Christian,nfd8263.03.50--3.4+826
Buddhism7692.84.36442.43.8+125
Hinduism6462.43.63821.42.6+264
Uniting Church5732.12.38073.13.2-234
Presbyterian and Reformed5001.81.76352.42.2-135
Baptist4841.82.35212.02.4-37
Greek Orthodox3641.32.03461.32.1+18
Pentecostal3541.31.83021.11.8+52
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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 Ferntree Gully in 2021 compared to the City of Knox shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 47.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 46.9% said they had no religion, compared with 53.4% and 41.4% respectively for the City of Knox.

The largest single religion in Ferntree Gully was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 18.7% of the population or 5,112 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Ferntree Gully and the City of Knox were:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.8% compared to 4.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (2.4% compared to 3.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Ferntree Gully between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Other Christian (-862 persons)
  • Anglican (-839 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+826 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-625 persons)

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