Templestowe
Religion
In Templestowe in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (21.2% of all people), while 34.4% of people had no religion and 4.9% did not answer the question on religion.
Templestowe'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.
Templestowe'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Templestowe - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Victoria % | Number | % | Victoria % | 2016 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 8,242 | 49.0 | 40.9 | 35500 | 8,891 | 54.0 | 47.9 | -649 |
| Non Christian total | 1,884 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 35501 | 1,693 | 10.3 | 10.6 | +190 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 67 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 35502 | 64 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +3 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 5,789 | 34.4 | 39.1 | 35503 | 4,620 | 28.1 | 31.9 | +1,169 |
| Not stated | 824 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 35504 | 1,188 | 7.2 | 8.9 | -364 |
| Total Population | 16,806 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,457 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +348 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Templestowe - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Victoria % | Number | % | Victoria % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 3,560 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 35044 | 3,883 | 23.6 | 23.0 | -324 |
| Greek Orthodox | 1,587 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 35015 | 1,509 | 9.2 | 2.7 | +77 |
| Anglican | 984 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 35000 | 1,260 | 7.7 | 9.0 | -276 |
| Islam | 634 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 35017 | 548 | 3.3 | 3.3 | +86 |
| Buddhism | 580 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 35008 | 531 | 3.2 | 3.1 | +48 |
| Christian,nfd | 410 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 35011 | 385 | 2.3 | 2.5 | +25 |
| Baptist | 379 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 35006 | 331 | 2.0 | 1.3 | +47 |
| Uniting Church | 346 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 35043 | 425 | 2.6 | 3.3 | -80 |
| Hinduism | 317 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 35016 | 306 | 1.9 | 2.3 | +10 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 219 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 35036 | 309 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -91 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 162 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 35014 | 166 | 1.0 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Sikhism | 145 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 35041 | 133 | 0.8 | 0.9 | +11 |
| Pentecostal | 115 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 35033 | 120 | 0.7 | 0.9 | -6 |
| Baha'i | 100 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 35005 | 65 | 0.4 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Other Protestant | 88 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35034 | 96 | 0.6 | 0.4 | -8 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 72 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 35022 | 80 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -8 |
| Maronite Catholic | 63 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 35023 | 48 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Judaism | 62 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 35019 | 55 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +7 |
| Lutheran | 42 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 35021 | 49 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -8 |
| Churches of Christ | 37 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35013 | 47 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -11 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 36 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35029 | 29 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 31 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35039 | 30 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Chinese and Japanese Religions | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35009 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35028 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Salvation Army | 19 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35038 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -7 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35031 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35001 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35032 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -12 |
| Russian Orthodox | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35037 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35018 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +7 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Templestowe in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 60.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.4% said they had no religion, compared with 54.0% and 39.1% respectively for Victoria.
The largest single religion in Templestowe was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.2% of the population or 3,560 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Templestowe and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (9.4% compared to 2.6%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (1.9% compared to 3.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Templestowe between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-324 persons)
- Anglican (-276 persons)
- Presbyterian and Reformed (-91 persons)
- Islam (+86 persons)