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Redcliffe Rail Planning Area

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In Redcliffe Rail Planning Area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.0% of all people), while 43.7% of people had no religion and 5.9% did not answer the question on religion.

Redcliffe Rail Planning Area'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.

Redcliffe Rail Planning Area'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
Redcliffe Rail Planning Area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Narangba %Number%Narangba %2006 to 2021
Christian total97,32745.443.790,22267.065.6+7,105
Non Christian total9,3384.42.11,9801.51.2+7,358
Non-classifiable religious belief1,4620.70.57550.60.5+707
No Religion/secular beliefs93,61043.749.026,59119.822.1+67,019
Not stated12,6255.94.715,07911.210.7-2,454
Total Population214,362100.0100.0134,627100.0100.0+79,735
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
Redcliffe Rail Planning Area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Narangba %Number%Narangba %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic36,44717.015.929,82722.221.0+6,620
Anglican23,32810.911.328,86221.420.9-5,534
Christian,nfd8,2093.83.63,0252.22.5+5,184
Uniting Church6,8643.22.89,2086.87.0-2,344
Baptist5,0812.42.03,7472.83.0+1,334
Presbyterian and Reformed4,5552.11.95,1843.93.4-629
Hinduism3,2971.50.54210.30.3+2,876
Pentecostal3,2491.51.11,9751.51.3+1,274
Sikhism1,9880.90.290.0--+1,979
Buddhism1,8660.90.67170.50.4+1,149
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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 Redcliffe Rail Planning Area in 2021 compared to Narangba shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 49.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 43.7% said they had no religion, compared with 45.8% and 49.0% respectively for Narangba.

The largest single religion in Redcliffe Rail Planning Area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.0% of the population or 36,447 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Redcliffe Rail Planning Area and Narangba was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.0% compared to 15.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Redcliffe Rail Planning Area between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+6,620 persons)
  • Anglican (-5,534 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+5,184 persons)
  • Hinduism (+2,876 persons)

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