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Dandenong Foothills Policy Area

Religion

In Dandenong Foothills Policy Area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (18.5% of all people), while 48.8% of people had no religion and 5.0% did not answer the question on religion.

Dandenong Foothills Policy Area'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.

Dandenong Foothills Policy Area'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
Dandenong Foothills Policy Area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Christian total12,41140.742.714,27948.249.8-1,868
Non Christian total1,4044.610.79893.38.6+415
Non-classifiable religious belief2600.90.62810.90.7-21
No Religion/secular beliefs14,89148.841.411,72239.633.8+3,168
Not stated1,5345.04.62,3527.97.0-819
Total Population30,500100.0100.029,625100.0100.0+875
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
Dandenong Foothills Policy Area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic5,63018.518.76,21721.021.4-588
Anglican2,4398.06.73,26511.09.4-826
Christian,nfd9383.13.51,0143.43.4-77
Uniting Church6552.12.38682.93.2-213
Baptist5621.82.36492.22.4-88
Buddhism5311.74.34131.43.8+118
Presbyterian and Reformed4591.51.76102.12.2-152
Greek Orthodox3701.22.03071.02.1+63
Pentecostal3451.11.83211.11.8+23
Hinduism3281.13.61950.72.6+133
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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 Dandenong Foothills Policy Area 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, 45.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 48.8% said they had no religion, compared with 53.4% and 41.4% respectively for the City of Knox.

The largest single religion in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 18.5% of the population or 5,630 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Dandenong Foothills Policy Area and the City of Knox were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (8.0% compared to 6.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (1.7% compared to 4.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (1.1% compared to 3.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-826 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-588 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-213 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-152 persons)

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