City of Moonee Valley
Religion
In the City of Moonee Valley in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (37.8% of all people), while 26.2% of people had no religion and 8.4% did not answer the question on religion.
The City of Moonee Valley'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.
The City of Moonee Valley'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
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2001 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 66,131 | 56.7 | 46.3 | 35500 | 73,553 | 72.1 | 63.0 | -7,422 |
| Non Christian total | 9,509 | 8.1 | 13.2 | 35501 | 5,512 | 5.4 | 8.0 | +3,997 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 627 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 35502 | 1,533 | 1.5 | 2.1 | -906 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 30,557 | 26.2 | 31.3 | 35503 | 12,825 | 12.6 | 17.2 | +17,731 |
| Not stated | 9,854 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 35504 | 8,659 | 8.5 | 9.7 | +1,195 |
| Total Population | 116,678 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102,084 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +14,594 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2001 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 44,044 | 37.8 | 23.2 | 35044 | 45,259 | 44.3 | 29.2 | -1,215 |
| Anglican | 6,480 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 35000 | 10,389 | 10.2 | 13.9 | -3,910 |
| Greek Orthodox | 5,360 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 35015 | 5,118 | 5.0 | 4.5 | +242 |
| Islam | 3,430 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 35017 | 2,159 | 2.1 | 2.6 | +1,271 |
| Buddhism | 2,862 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 35008 | 2,613 | 2.6 | 3.1 | +249 |
| Uniting Church | 2,543 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 35043 | 4,839 | 4.7 | 4.7 | -2,296 |
| Hinduism | 2,433 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 35016 | 380 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +2,053 |
| Christian,nfd | 1,915 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 35011 | 775 | 0.8 | 1.2 | +1,140 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 1,292 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 35036 | 2,233 | 2.2 | 2.8 | -941 |
| Baptist | 878 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 35006 | 1,147 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -269 |
| Pentecostal | 614 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 35033 | 486 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +128 |
| Sikhism | 417 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 35041 | 63 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +354 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 372 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35022 | 288 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +84 |
| Other Protestant | 317 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35034 | 219 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +98 |
| Lutheran | 310 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35021 | 562 | 0.6 | 0.7 | -252 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 286 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35032 | 106 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +180 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 259 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35014 | 123 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +136 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 231 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35028 | 273 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -42 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 219 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35018 | 237 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -18 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 201 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35039 | 230 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -29 |
| Maronite Catholic | 156 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35023 | 134 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +22 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 141 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35031 | 63 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +78 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 135 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35029 | 455 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -320 |
| Churches of Christ | 107 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35013 | 233 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -126 |
| Russian Orthodox | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35037 | 121 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -21 |
| Judaism | 83 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 35019 | 61 | 0.1 | 1.1 | +22 |
| Salvation Army | 73 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35038 | 130 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -57 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 70 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35040 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +21 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 70 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35020 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Assyrian Apostolic | 48 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35003 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Chinese and Japanese Religions | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35009 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Other Christian | 39 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35027 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Paganism | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35035 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -14 |
| Spiritualism | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35042 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -7 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35045 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -4 |
| Baha'i | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 35005 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Other Nature Religions | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35030 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35001 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +1 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of the City of Moonee Valley in 2016 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 64.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 26.2% said they had no religion, compared with 59.5% and 31.3% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
The largest single religion in the City of Moonee Valley was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 37.8% of the population or 44,044 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the City of Moonee Valley and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (37.8% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (5.6% compared to 7.6%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.5% compared to 3.8%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (2.9% compared to 4.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the City of Moonee Valley between 2001 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-3,910 persons)
- Uniting Church (-2,296 persons)
- Hinduism (+2,053 persons)
- Islam (+1,271 persons)