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Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)

Religion

In Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (38.0% of all people), while 30.9% of people had no religion and 4.7% 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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Moonee Valley %Number%City of Moonee Valley %2006 to 2021
Christian total5,73554.853.75,37771.768.7+358
Non Christian total9519.18.92943.96.1+657
Non-classifiable religious belief450.40.4330.50.6+11
No Religion/secular beliefs3,23230.932.21,06214.215.1+2,170
Not stated4924.74.87269.79.6-234
Total Population10,457100.0100.07,494100.0100.0+2,963
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Moonee Valley %Number%City of Moonee Valley %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,97238.036.13,33144.543.4+640
Anglican5064.84.581810.99.1-312
Greek Orthodox4464.34.82863.85.0+160
Hinduism3543.42.3700.90.8+284
Buddhism2802.72.51101.52.6+170
Islam2762.63.4831.12.3+192
Christian,nfd1941.91.8721.00.9+122
Uniting Church1801.71.73584.84.0-178
Presbyterian and Reformed900.90.91562.11.8-66
Baptist870.80.7741.01.0+12
Show all (20 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2021 compared to the City of Moonee Valley shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 63.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 30.9% said they had no religion, compared with 62.6% and 32.2% respectively for the City of Moonee Valley.

The largest single religion in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 38.0% of the population or 3,972 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) and the City of Moonee Valley were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (38.0% compared to 36.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (3.4% compared to 2.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+640 persons)
  • Anglican (-312 persons)
  • Hinduism (+284 persons)
  • Islam (+192 persons)

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