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In Oakleigh in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.0% of all people), while 35.8% of people had no religion and 4.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Oakleigh'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.

Oakleigh'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
Oakleigh - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Monash %Number%City of Monash %2016 to 2021
Christian total4,13749.039.34,05951.444.0+78
Non Christian total85210.119.27109.016.0+142
Non-classifiable religious belief390.50.4500.60.5-11
No Religion/secular beliefs3,02335.835.72,33229.531.7+691
Not stated3934.75.47489.57.8-355
Total Population8,444100.0100.07,899100.0100.0+545
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
Oakleigh - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Monash %Number%City of Monash %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,86022.017.11,77022.418.8+90
Greek Orthodox1,33315.86.81,14714.56.8+186
Hinduism3554.27.53053.95.2+50
Anglican3083.64.33744.75.7-66
Buddhism2312.77.22032.66.8+28
Christian,nfd1271.52.50--2.5+127
Uniting Church1231.52.21632.12.9-40
Islam1041.22.7851.12.3+19
Presbyterian and Reformed921.11.2971.21.7-5
Judaism720.90.4550.70.4+17
Show all (23 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 Oakleigh in 2021 compared to the City of Monash shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 59.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 35.8% said they had no religion, compared with 58.5% and 35.7% respectively for the City of Monash.

The largest single religion in Oakleigh was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.0% of the population or 1,860 people as adherents.

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

  • A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (15.8% compared to 6.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.0% compared to 17.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.7% compared to 7.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (4.2% compared to 7.5%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Greek Orthodox (+186 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+127 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+90 persons)
  • Anglican (-66 persons)

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