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Mount Barker District Council

Religion

In the Mount Barker District Council in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (10.0% of all people), while 53.8% of people had no religion and 6.1% did not answer the question on religion.

The Mount Barker District Council'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 Mount Barker District Council'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
Mount Barker District Council - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2011 to 2021
Christian total14,64837.339.816,72156.256.7-2,073
Non Christian total8402.19.55581.95.8+282
Non-classifiable religious belief2780.70.63811.30.9-103
No Religion/secular beliefs21,09553.844.99,77732.828.1+11,318
Not stated2,3756.15.22,3297.88.5+46
Total Population39,236100.0100.029,766100.0100.0+9,470
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Mount Barker District Council - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,92010.016.43,91113.121.3+9
Anglican2,8437.27.03,84412.912.6-1,001
Uniting Church2,0175.13.93,00510.17.6-988
Lutheran1,8164.61.62,4708.33.1-654
Christian,nfd1,2283.12.79233.12.3+305
Baptist8172.11.66352.11.8+182
Pentecostal5921.51.15051.71.2+87
Buddhism3250.82.32470.82.2+78
Presbyterian and Reformed2520.60.63821.31.1-130
Jehova's Witnesses2010.50.31660.60.4+35
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 the Mount Barker District Council in 2021 compared to Greater Adelaide shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 39.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 53.8% said they had no religion, compared with 49.3% and 44.9% respectively for Greater Adelaide.

The largest single religion in the Mount Barker District Council was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 10.0% of the population or 3,920 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Mount Barker District Council and Greater Adelaide were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Lutheran (4.6% compared to 1.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (10.0% compared to 16.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (0.3% compared to 2.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (0.4% compared to 2.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Mount Barker District Council between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-1,001 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-988 persons)
  • Lutheran (-654 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+305 persons)

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