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In Rowville in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (24.2% of all people), while 36.0% of people had no religion and 3.5% did not answer the question on religion.

Rowville'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'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
Rowville - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Christian total16,04447.842.718,14654.049.8-2,102
Non Christian total4,13212.310.73,53710.58.6+594
Non-classifiable religious belief1440.40.61660.50.7-22
No Religion/secular beliefs12,07536.041.49,77129.133.8+2,304
Not stated1,1743.54.62,0026.07.0-828
Total Population33,569100.0100.033,623100.0100.0-55
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
Rowville - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic8,12624.218.78,95126.621.4-825
Anglican2,2426.76.72,9408.79.4-699
Buddhism1,6695.04.31,5554.63.8+113
Hinduism1,1883.53.69482.82.6+240
Christian,nfd1,0723.23.59432.83.4+128
Greek Orthodox1,0493.12.01,1183.32.1-70
Islam8042.41.56201.81.1+184
Uniting Church7542.22.31,0453.13.2-292
Baptist5941.82.36001.82.4-6
Pentecostal5291.61.85651.71.8-36
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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 Rowville 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, 60.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 36.0% said they had no religion, compared with 53.4% and 41.4% respectively for the City of Knox.

The largest single religion in Rowville was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 24.2% of the population or 8,126 people as adherents.

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

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (24.2% compared to 18.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (3.1% compared to 2.0%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-825 persons)
  • Anglican (-699 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-292 persons)
  • Hinduism (+240 persons)

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