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In Caroline Springs in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (31.6% of all people), while 21.1% of people had no religion and 5.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Caroline Springs'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.

Caroline Springs'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
Caroline Springs - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Melton %Number%City of Melton %2011 to 2021
Christian total13,17253.848.013,15864.564.2+14
Non Christian total4,81719.719.93,09215.29.7+1,725
Non-classifiable religious belief830.30.5810.40.7+2
No Religion/secular beliefs5,17821.124.22,88514.117.1+2,292
Not stated1,2465.17.41,1855.88.3+61
Total Population24,496100.0100.020,403100.0100.0+4,093
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Caroline Springs - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%City of Melton %Number%City of Melton %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic7,73831.627.38,04339.436.7-305
Islam1,8867.76.41,1685.73.8+718
Christian,nfd1,2124.94.34922.41.9+719
Hinduism1,1284.65.27323.61.9+395
Buddhism1,0964.52.88764.32.8+220
Greek Orthodox7733.22.47203.53.0+53
Anglican7162.93.91,1535.79.2-438
Sikhism6392.65.32371.20.9+401
Pentecostal4321.81.43111.51.2+120
Macedonian Orthodox4011.61.13091.51.4+91
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Caroline Springs in 2021 compared to the City of Melton shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 73.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 21.1% said they had no religion, compared with 67.9% and 24.2% respectively for the City of Melton.

The largest single religion in Caroline Springs was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 31.6% of the population or 7,738 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Caroline Springs and the City of Melton were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (31.6% compared to 27.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (4.5% compared to 2.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (7.7% compared to 6.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Sikhism (2.6% compared to 5.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Caroline Springs between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Christian,nfd (+719 persons)
  • Islam (+718 persons)
  • Anglican (-438 persons)
  • Sikhism (+401 persons)

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