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Livingstone Shire Council area

Religion

In Livingstone Shire Council area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.9% of all people), while 37.3% of people had no religion and 10.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Livingstone Shire Council 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.

Livingstone Shire Council 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
Livingstone Shire Council area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Emu Park %Number%Emu Park %2016 to 2021
Christian total19,88950.553.922,46561.965.1-2,576
Non Christian total4231.10.94031.11.1+20
Non-classifiable religious belief1690.40.71690.50.80
No Religion/secular beliefs14,68237.336.99,03124.924.7+5,651
Not stated4,24210.87.64,20411.68.3+38
Total Population39,405100.0100.036,272100.0100.0+3,133
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
Livingstone Shire Council area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Emu Park %Number%Emu Park %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic8,22820.921.58,84824.424.2-620
Anglican5,64314.315.46,62018.320.5-977
Uniting Church1,9955.15.42,5267.06.3-531
Presbyterian and Reformed1,0922.83.41,4053.94.8-313
Christian,nfd1,0822.72.91,0132.8--+69
Baptist4901.21.65731.61.3-83
Pentecostal3460.90.93801.01.6-34
Jehova's Witnesses2390.60.51880.50.3+51
Lutheran2200.60.42630.70.7-43
Buddhism2160.50.42230.60.6-7
Show all (27 entries)
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 Livingstone Shire Council area in 2021 compared to Emu Park shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 51.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 37.3% said they had no religion, compared with 54.8% and 36.9% respectively for Emu Park.

The largest single religion in Livingstone Shire Council area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.9% of the population or 8,228 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Livingstone Shire Council area and Emu Park was:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (14.3% compared to 15.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Livingstone Shire Council area between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-977 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-620 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-531 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-313 persons)

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