Dromana - Safety Beach
Religion
In Dromana - Safety Beach in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.2% of all people), while 43.1% of people had no religion and 7.9% did not answer the question on religion.
Dromana - Safety Beach'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.
Dromana - Safety Beach'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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| Dromana - Safety Beach - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Tyabb Structure Plan % | Number | % | Tyabb Structure Plan % | 2011 to 2021 | |
 Christian total | 6,056 | 46.8 | 38.0 | 35500 | 5,348 | 61.8 | 53.9 | +708 |
| Non Christian total | 230 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 35501 | 215 | 2.5 | 2.2 | +15 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 70 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 35502 | 84 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -14 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 5,578 | 43.1 | 55.3 | 35503 | 2,191 | 25.3 | 32.4 | +3,387 |
| Not stated | 1,017 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 35504 | 816 | 9.4 | 10.4 | +201 |
| Total Population | 12,951 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,655 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,296 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Dromana - Safety Beach - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Tyabb Structure Plan % | Number | % | Tyabb Structure Plan % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 2,621 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 35044 | 2,017 | 23.3 | 19.0 | +603 |
| Anglican | 1,560 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 35000 | 1,664 | 19.2 | 18.6 | -105 |
| Greek Orthodox | 516 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 35015 | 238 | 2.8 | 0.5 | +278 |
| Uniting Church | 400 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 35043 | 465 | 5.4 | 2.9 | -66 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 264 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 35036 | 384 | 4.4 | 3.9 | -121 |
| Christian,nfd | 211 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 35011 | 128 | 1.5 | 3.5 | +83 |
| Baptist | 144 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 35006 | 131 | 1.5 | 1.9 | +13 |
| Buddhism | 99 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 35008 | 99 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 91 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 35018 | 105 | 1.2 | 0.5 | -14 |
| Pentecostal | 42 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 35033 | 34 | 0.4 | 1.3 | +8 |
| Churches of Christ | 38 | 0.3 | -- | 35013 | 15 | 0.2 | -- | +23 |
| Lutheran | 37 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35021 | 60 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -23 |
| Islam | 37 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35017 | 34 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Other Protestant | 31 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35034 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +21 |
| Hinduism | 31 | 0.2 | -- | 35016 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +10 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 24 | 0.2 | -- | 35022 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +21 |
| Salvation Army | 18 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35038 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.6 | +6 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 17 | 0.1 | -- | 35014 | 7 | 0.1 | -- | +10 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 14 | 0.1 | -- | 35001 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +11 |
| Spiritualism | 14 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 35042 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Judaism | 14 | 0.1 | -- | 35019 | 22 | 0.3 | -- | -8 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35020 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -11 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. 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 Dromana - Safety Beach in 2021 compared to Tyabb Structure Plan shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 48.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 43.1% said they had no religion, compared with 39.6% and 55.3% respectively for Tyabb Structure Plan.
The largest single religion in Dromana - Safety Beach was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.2% of the population or 2,621 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Dromana - Safety Beach and Tyabb Structure Plan were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (4.0% compared to 0.7%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.2% compared to 17.3%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (1.6% compared to 2.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Dromana - Safety Beach between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
- Western (Roman) Catholic (+603 persons)
- Greek Orthodox (+278 persons)
- Presbyterian and Reformed (-121 persons)
- Anglican (-105 persons)