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Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights

Religion

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In Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (11.8% of all people), while 57.5% of people had no religion and 4.5% did not answer the question on religion.

Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights'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.

Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights'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
Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Christian total2,49434.834.82,93547.745.0-441
Non Christian total1782.52.6851.42.3+93
Non-classifiable religious belief550.80.7370.60.8+18
No Religion/secular beliefs4,12857.556.22,61542.543.5+1,513
Not stated3214.55.64857.98.4-164
Total Population7,176100.0100.06,157100.0100.0+1,019
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
Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic84811.811.295015.413.8-102
Anglican6408.98.184913.811.6-209
Uniting Church2533.54.53085.06.5-55
Christian,nfd2313.23.20--3.7+231
Lutheran961.31.51242.01.9-28
Baptist951.31.61232.01.9-28
Pentecostal841.21.2711.21.1+13
Presbyterian and Reformed680.90.6941.51.0-26
Buddhism520.70.7450.70.9+7
Jehova's Witnesses520.70.4591.00.5-7
Show all (19 entries)
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 Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights in 2021 compared to the City of Onkaparinga shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 37.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 57.5% said they had no religion, compared with 37.5% and 56.2% respectively for the City of Onkaparinga.

The largest single religion in Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 11.8% of the population or 848 people as adherents.

There were no major differences between Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights and City of Onkaparinga in 2021.

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Seaford Rise - Seaford Heights between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Christian,nfd (+231 persons)
  • Anglican (-209 persons)
  • Other Christian (-204 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-102 persons)

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