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In the Southern District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (8.5% of all people), while 61.9% of people had no religion and 7.1% did not answer the question on religion.

The Southern District'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 Southern District'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
Southern District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Maslin Beach %Number%Maslin Beach %2016 to 2021
Christian total4,55128.625.45,93038.636.2-1,379
Non Christian total2601.61.73172.12.2-57
Non-classifiable religious belief1230.81.71581.01.0-35
No Religion/secular beliefs9,86361.966.07,37348.050.7+2,490
Not stated1,1377.15.21,59510.49.9-458
Total Population15,934100.0100.015,373100.0100.0+561
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
Southern District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Maslin Beach %Number%Maslin Beach %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,3598.58.51,75211.410.9-393
Anglican1,1907.58.41,72911.211.8-539
Christian,nfd5063.22.05103.3---4
Uniting Church4682.92.87645.04.0-296
Baptist2251.40.63062.00.6-81
Lutheran1861.21.82331.53.4-47
Pentecostal1521.0--1210.8--+31
Jehova's Witnesses1340.80.2930.6--+41
Buddhism1210.81.01601.01.0-39
Presbyterian and Reformed830.50.51170.80.3-34
Show all (22 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 the Southern District in 2021 compared to Maslin Beach shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 30.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 61.9% said they had no religion, compared with 27.0% and 66.0% respectively for Maslin Beach.

The largest single religion in the Southern District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 8.5% of the population or 1,359 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of the Southern District and Maslin Beach was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (3.2% compared to 2.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Southern District between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-539 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-393 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-296 persons)
  • Baptist (-81 persons)

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