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In Wheelers Hill in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.2% of all people), while 33.2% of people had no religion and 5.3% did not answer the question on religion.

Wheelers 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.

Wheelers 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.

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
Wheelers Hill - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Monash %Number%City of Monash %2016 to 2021
Christian total9,77947.439.310,62553.844.0-846
Non Christian total2,85013.819.22,36212.016.0+488
Non-classifiable religious belief610.30.4660.30.5-5
No Religion/secular beliefs6,85633.235.75,45927.631.7+1,397
Not stated1,0945.35.41,2466.37.8-152
Total Population20,640100.0100.019,758100.0100.0+882
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Wheelers Hill - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Monash %Number%City of Monash %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic4,16320.217.14,52322.918.8-360
Anglican1,3686.64.31,6258.25.7-257
Greek Orthodox1,2826.26.81,2876.56.8-5
Buddhism1,2486.07.21,0115.16.8+237
Hinduism9214.57.57773.95.2+144
Christian,nfd6383.12.56223.12.5+16
Uniting Church6383.12.27343.72.9-96
Baptist4252.11.83801.91.7+45
Islam3871.92.72631.32.3+124
Presbyterian and Reformed3131.51.24022.01.7-89
Show all (33 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Wheelers Hill in 2021 compared to the City of Monash shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 61.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 33.2% said they had no religion, compared with 58.5% and 35.7% respectively for the City of Monash.

The largest single religion in Wheelers Hill was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.2% of the population or 4,163 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Wheelers Hill and the City of Monash were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.2% compared to 17.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (6.6% compared to 4.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (4.5% compared to 7.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (6.0% compared to 7.2%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Wheelers Hill between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-360 persons)
  • Anglican (-257 persons)
  • Buddhism (+237 persons)
  • Hinduism (+144 persons)

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