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Park Orchards - Ringwood North

Religion

In Park Orchards - Ringwood North in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (27.1% of all people), while 41.2% of people had no religion and 4.4% did not answer the question on religion.

Park Orchards - Ringwood North'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.

Park Orchards - Ringwood North'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
Park Orchards - Ringwood North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Eastern Metropolitan Region %Number%Eastern Metropolitan Region %2006 to 2021
Christian total2,26450.841.12,87066.459.5-607
Non Christian total1463.310.5801.96.6+65
Non-classifiable religious belief160.40.6160.40.70
No Religion/secular beliefs1,83741.243.089220.622.7+945
Not stated1964.44.946310.710.4-268
Total Population4,459100.0100.04,324100.0100.0+135
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Park Orchards - Ringwood North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Eastern Metropolitan Region %Number%Eastern Metropolitan Region %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,20927.117.71,37431.824.3-166
Anglican4009.06.574617.313.3-346
Christian,nfd1242.83.0751.81.9+48
Uniting Church1122.52.52345.45.5-123
Baptist1032.32.4942.22.3+8
Greek Orthodox892.03.7872.04.3+2
Pentecostal631.41.0350.81.1+28
Presbyterian and Reformed581.31.5982.32.6-40
Buddhism511.14.1370.93.1+14
Islam481.11.7180.40.9+30
Show all (14 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Park Orchards - Ringwood North in 2021 compared to Eastern Metropolitan Region shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 54.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 41.2% said they had no religion, compared with 51.5% and 43.0% respectively for Eastern Metropolitan Region.

The largest single religion in Park Orchards - Ringwood North was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 27.1% of the population or 1,209 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Park Orchards - Ringwood North and Eastern Metropolitan Region were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (27.1% compared to 17.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (9.0% compared to 6.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (1.1% compared to 4.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (2.0% compared to 3.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Park Orchards - Ringwood North between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-346 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-166 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-123 persons)

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