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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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Templestowe - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Manningham %Number%City of Manningham %2001 to 2021
Christian total8,24249.046.711,10868.667.4-2,866
Non Christian total1,88411.211.11,4248.87.5+460
Non-classifiable religious belief670.40.42261.41.7-160
No Religion/secular beliefs5,78934.437.22,27514.115.5+3,513
Not stated8244.94.61,1577.18.0-334
Total Population16,806100.0100.016,192100.0100.0+613
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 - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%City of Manningham %Number%City of Manningham %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,56021.219.64,70429.128.5-1,145
Greek Orthodox1,5879.47.91,71310.69.6-126
Anglican9845.95.71,87811.612.4-894
Islam6343.83.44072.51.8+226
Buddhism5803.54.44422.73.0+137
Christian,nfd4102.43.02251.41.3+185
Baptist3792.32.54192.62.4-40
Uniting Church3462.12.28565.35.3-511
Hinduism3171.91.92351.50.9+82
Presbyterian and Reformed2191.31.64152.62.5-196
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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 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, 60.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.4% said they had no religion, compared with 57.8% and 37.2% respectively for the City of Manningham.

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 the City of Manningham were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (21.2% compared to 19.6%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (9.4% compared to 7.9%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,145 persons)
  • Anglican (-894 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-511 persons)
  • Islam (+226 persons)

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