Doncaster Hill

Religion

In Doncaster Hill, the number of non religious persons experienced the greatest change (+202) compared to Christians and non Christians.

Doncaster Hill'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.

Doncaster Hill'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
Doncaster Hill 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % City of Manningham Number % City of Manningham 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 200 16.8 26.2 150 19.0 27.7 +51
Greek Orthodox 114 9.6 9.4 83 10.6 9.5 +31
Buddhism 67 5.7 4.2 60 7.6 3.7 +7
Anglican 59 5.0 9.9 64 8.2 11.3 -6
Uniting Church 38 3.2 4.0 27 3.5 4.6 +11
Presbyterian and Reformed 37 3.1 2.3 17 2.2 2.3 +20
Islam 30 2.5 2.1 7 0.9 1.7 +23
Christian,nfd 27 2.3 2.1 7 0.9 1.7 +20
Baptist 24 2.0 2.6 17 2.2 2.4 +7
Hinduism 24 2.1 1.2 8 1.1 1.1 +16

Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
Doncaster Hill 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % City of Manningham Number % City of Manningham 2006 to 2011
Christian total 572 47.9 62.1 425 53.9 64.9 +147
Non Christian total 154 13.0 9.0 86 11.0 7.8 +68
Non-classifiable religious belief 8 0.7 0.6 6 0.9 0.5 +2
No religion 330 27.7 22.1 129 16.4 18.2 +202
Not stated 127 10.7 6.3 140 17.8 8.7 -13
Total Population 1,194 100.0 100.0 788 100.0 100.0 +406

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, City of Manningham: 26.2% Greek Orthodox, City of Manningham: 9.4% Buddhism, City of Manningham: 4.2% Anglican, City of Manningham: 9.9% Uniting Church, City of Manningham: 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, City of Manningham: 2.3% Islam, City of Manningham: 2.1% Christian,nfd, City of Manningham: 2.1% Hinduism, City of Manningham: 1.2% Baptist, City of Manningham: 2.6% Western (Roman) Catholic, Doncaster Hill: 16.8% Greek Orthodox, Doncaster Hill: 9.6% Buddhism, Doncaster Hill: 5.7% Anglican, Doncaster Hill: 5.0% Uniting Church, Doncaster Hill: 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, Doncaster Hill: 3.1% Islam, Doncaster Hill: 2.5% Christian,nfd, Doncaster Hill: 2.3% Hinduism, Doncaster Hill: 2.1% Baptist, Doncaster Hill: 2.0% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, Doncaster Hill: +51 Greek Orthodox, Doncaster Hill: +31 Buddhism, Doncaster Hill: +7 Anglican, Doncaster Hill: -6 Uniting Church, Doncaster Hill: +11 Presbyterian and Reformed, Doncaster Hill: +20 Islam, Doncaster Hill: +23 Christian,nfd, Doncaster Hill: +20 Hinduism, Doncaster Hill: +16 Baptist, Doncaster Hill: +7 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Doncaster Hill in 2011 compared to City of Manningham shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 60.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 27.7% said they had no religion, compared with 71.0% and 22.1% respectively for City of Manningham.

The largest single religion in Doncaster Hill was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 16.8% of the population or 200 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Doncaster Hill and City of Manningham were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (5.7% compared to 4.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (16.8% compared to 26.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.0% compared to 9.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Doncaster Hill between 2006 and 2011 was for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+51 persons)