Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)
Religion
In Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.8% of all people), while 34.6% of people had no religion and 12.6% did not answer the question on religion.
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)'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.
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
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| Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 2,377 | 31.2 | 50.0 | 35500 | 2,854 | 38.3 | 59.0 | -477 |
| Non Christian total | 1,592 | 20.9 | 16.9 | 35501 | 1,741 | 23.3 | 14.5 | -149 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 56 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 35502 | 80 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -24 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 2,635 | 34.6 | 24.1 | 35503 | 2,006 | 26.9 | 17.7 | +629 |
| Not stated | 959 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 35504 | 780 | 10.5 | 8.1 | +179 |
| Total Population | 7,619 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,461 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +158 | |
The North and West Metropolitan Region is made up up of the following Local Government areas: Banyule (C), Brimbank (C), Darebin (C), Hobsons Bay (C), Hume (C), Maribyrnong (C), Melbourne (C), Melton (S), Moonee Valley (C), Moreland (C), Nillumbik (S), Whittlesea (C), Wyndham (C) and Yarra (C).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
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| Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | Number | % | North and West Metropolitan Region % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 1,359 | 17.8 | 28.9 | 35044 | 1,616 | 21.7 | 34.0 | -257 |
| Islam | 1,007 | 13.2 | 5.3 | 35017 | 985 | 13.2 | 4.6 | +22 |
| Buddhism | 410 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 35008 | 536 | 7.2 | 5.7 | -126 |
| Anglican | 271 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 35000 | 414 | 5.5 | 7.8 | -143 |
| Christian,nfd | 146 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 35011 | 73 | 1.0 | 1.6 | +73 |
| Greek Orthodox | 134 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 35015 | 148 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -14 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 118 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 35032 | 80 | 1.1 | 0.2 | +38 |
| Hinduism | 108 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 35016 | 159 | 2.1 | 2.6 | -51 |
| Uniting Church | 88 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 35043 | 146 | 2.0 | 2.5 | -58 |
| Baptist | 63 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 35006 | 53 | 0.7 | 1.3 | +10 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 48 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 35036 | 83 | 1.1 | 1.6 | -35 |
| Lutheran | 23 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35021 | 44 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -21 |
| Pentecostal | 19 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 35033 | 28 | 0.4 | 0.9 | -9 |
| Other Protestant | 19 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 35034 | 22 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -3 |
| Sikhism | 14 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 35041 | 15 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -1 |
| Judaism | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35019 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 |
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The North and West Metropolitan Region is made up up of the following Local Government areas: Banyule (C), Brimbank (C), Darebin (C), Hobsons Bay (C), Hume (C), Maribyrnong (C), Melbourne (C), Melton (S), Moonee Valley (C), Moreland (C), Nillumbik (S), Whittlesea (C), Wyndham (C) and Yarra (C).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2016 compared to North and West Metropolitan Region shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 52.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.6% said they had no religion, compared with 66.9% and 24.1% respectively for North and West Metropolitan Region.
The largest single religion in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.8% of the population or 1,359 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) and North and West Metropolitan Region were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (13.2% compared to 5.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.8% compared to 28.9%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (1.4% compared to 4.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (3.5% compared to 5.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-257 persons)
- Anglican (-143 persons)
- Buddhism (-126 persons)
- Christian,nfd (+73 persons)