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Northern Environmental Region

Religion

In 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)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Christian total30354.044.036869.354.8-65
Non Christian total0--4.5101.93.6-10
Non-classifiable religious belief40.70.60--0.8+4
No Religion/secular beliefs20837.145.212423.433.3+84
Not stated468.25.6295.57.5+17
Total Population561100.0100.0531100.0100.0+30
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
Northern Environmental Region - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic11420.318.813324.422.2-19
Anglican9416.812.314025.617.0-46
Uniting Church274.82.9437.94.2-16
Seventh Day Adventist122.10.330.50.3+9
Salvation Army112.00.391.60.4+2
Pentecostal101.80.940.71.0+6
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 Northern Environmental Region in 2021 compared to the City of Newcastle shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and 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 48.5% and 45.2% respectively for the City of Newcastle.

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 the City of Newcastle were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (16.8% compared to 12.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (4.8% compared to 2.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Seventh Day Adventist (2.1% compared to 0.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Salvation Army (2.0% compared to 0.3%)

Emerging groups

There were no major differences in Northern Environmental Region between 2016 and 2021.

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