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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Northern Environmental Region in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (20.3% of all people), while 37.1% of people had no religion and 8.2% did not answer the question on religion.
Northern Environmental Region'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.
Northern Environmental Region'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Environmental Region - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Elermore Vale % | Number | % | Elermore Vale % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Christian total | 303 | 54.0 | 51.2 | 429 | 76.7 | 79.6 | -126 |
| Non Christian total | 0 | -- | 4.6 | 0 | -- | 1.7 | 0 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -4 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 208 | 37.1 | 40.2 | 56 | 10.1 | 10.3 | +151 |
| Not stated | 46 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 65 | 11.8 | 7.1 | -20 |
| Total Population | 561 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 559 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2 |
| Religion - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Environmental Region - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Religion | Number | % | Elermore Vale % | Number | % | Elermore Vale % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 114 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 131 | 23.5 | 27.8 | -18 |
| Anglican | 94 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 154 | 27.7 | 25.2 | -61 |
| Uniting Church | 27 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 56 | 10.2 | 9.5 | -30 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 12 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | +4 |
| Salvation Army | 11 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.5 | -6 |
| Pentecostal | 10 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | +2 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Northern Environmental Region in 2021 compared to Elermore Vale shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 54.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 37.1% said they had no religion, compared with 55.8% and 40.2% respectively for Elermore Vale.
The largest single religion in Northern Environmental Region was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 20.3% of the population or 114 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Northern Environmental Region and Elermore Vale were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (16.8% compared to 13.6%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Seventh Day Adventist (2.1% compared to 0.4%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Salvation Army (2.0% compared to 0.3%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (20.3% compared to 18.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Northern Environmental Region between 2001 and 2021 was for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-61 persons)
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