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Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers

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In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (14.2% of all people), while 54.7% of people had no religion and 7.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers'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.

Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,77335.542.21,93642.250.2-163
Non Christian total751.51.6430.91.5+32
Non-classifiable religious belief290.60.7190.40.7+10
No Religion/secular beliefs2,73354.748.82,08845.539.1+644
Not stated3877.76.850210.98.5-115
Total Population4,997100.0100.04,589100.0100.0+407
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic71014.218.474516.220.5-35
Anglican61012.212.670915.416.4-99
Uniting Church1913.83.01954.33.8-5
Presbyterian and Reformed731.51.9871.92.8-15
Christian,nfd621.21.6400.92.0+22
Baptist521.01.2410.91.3+10
Buddhism400.80.7310.70.8+9
Greek Orthodox170.31.390.21.1+7
Lutheran150.30.350.10.3+10
Judaism150.30.20--0.1+15
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers in 2021 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 37.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 54.7% said they had no religion, compared with 43.7% and 48.8% respectively for Mornington Peninsula Shire.

The largest single religion in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 14.2% of the population or 710 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers and Mornington Peninsula Shire were:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (14.2% compared to 18.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (0.3% compared to 1.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers between 2016 and 2021 was for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-99 persons)

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