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In Templestowe Lower in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.5% of all people), while 32.5% of people had no religion and 4.3% did not answer the question on religion.

Templestowe Lower'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 Lower'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
Templestowe Lower - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Manningham %Number%City of Manningham %2001 to 2021
Christian total7,45653.046.79,29471.167.4-1,838
Non Christian total1,3849.811.18826.77.5+502
Non-classifiable religious belief600.40.41751.31.7-115
No Religion/secular beliefs4,56632.537.21,82914.015.5+2,737
Not stated6024.34.68886.88.0-286
Total Population14,068100.0100.013,068100.0100.0+1,000
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Templestowe Lower - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%City of Manningham %Number%City of Manningham %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,17022.519.63,94230.228.5-772
Greek Orthodox1,63511.67.91,53711.89.6+98
Anglican7865.65.71,70513.012.4-919
Buddhism5053.64.43392.63.0+166
Islam4503.23.42271.71.8+223
Christian,nfd3832.73.01511.21.3+232
Uniting Church3432.42.27515.75.3-408
Baptist2631.92.52451.92.4+18
Hinduism2511.81.9980.70.9+153
Presbyterian and Reformed2041.51.63332.52.5-129
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 Templestowe Lower in 2021 compared to the City of Manningham shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 62.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 32.5% said they had no religion, compared with 57.8% and 37.2% respectively for the City of Manningham.

The largest single religion in Templestowe Lower was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.5% of the population or 3,170 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Templestowe Lower and the City of Manningham were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (11.6% compared to 7.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.5% compared to 19.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Templestowe Lower between 2001 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-919 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-772 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-408 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+232 persons)

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