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Central South District

Religion

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In the Central South District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (11.6% of all people), while 60.2% of people had no religion and 4.8% did not answer the question on religion.

The Central South 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 Central South 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
Central South District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs %Number%Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs %2016 to 2021
Christian total8,33632.234.69,58342.744.4-1,247
Non Christian total5212.02.43781.71.8+143
Non-classifiable religious belief2010.80.91990.90.5+2
No Religion/secular beliefs15,57860.255.810,32246.044.5+5,255
Not stated1,2414.86.41,9458.78.7-705
Total Population25,877100.0100.022,429100.0100.0+3,448
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
Central South District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs %Number%Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,01111.612.43,20314.316.1-193
Anglican2,0958.17.62,71012.110.9-615
Uniting Church8963.52.81,1415.14.1-246
Christian,nfd7292.83.67433.3---14
Lutheran3471.31.14051.81.4-58
Baptist3001.21.73311.52.0-31
Pentecostal2511.01.31940.91.1+57
Buddhism1870.70.81770.80.8+10
Presbyterian and Reformed1690.70.72531.11.3-84
Jehova's Witnesses1200.50.61420.60.6-22
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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 Central South District in 2021 compared to Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 34.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 60.2% said they had no religion, compared with 37.0% and 55.8% respectively for Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs.

The largest single religion in the Central South District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 11.6% of the population or 3,011 people as adherents.

There were no major differences between Central South District and Noarlunga Centre - Noarlunga Downs in 2021.

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-615 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-246 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-193 persons)
  • Hinduism (+87 persons)

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