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Hills South District

Religion

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In the Hills South District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (10.5% of all people), while 56.2% of people had no religion and 6.3% did not answer the question on religion.

The Hills 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 Hills 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
Hills South District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2006 to 2021
Christian total3,42636.034.84,52555.555.2-1,100
Non Christian total1071.12.6961.21.6+10
Non-classifiable religious belief450.50.7520.60.8-7
No Religion/secular beliefs5,34856.256.22,54231.229.6+2,806
Not stated5986.35.693911.512.7-342
Total Population9,524100.0100.08,156100.0100.0+1,367
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Hills South District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,00210.511.21,16914.315.6-168
Anglican96010.18.11,35216.615.9-392
Uniting Church5876.24.598412.19.2-397
Christian,nfd2893.03.21181.52.2+170
Lutheran1831.91.53544.33.0-171
Baptist941.01.61271.62.3-33
Pentecostal820.91.21001.21.8-18
Presbyterian and Reformed670.70.61141.41.2-48
Buddhism600.60.7370.50.5+22
Greek Orthodox390.40.7490.60.9-10
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Hills South District in 2021 compared to the City of Onkaparinga shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 37.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 56.2% said they had no religion, compared with 37.5% and 56.2% respectively for the City of Onkaparinga.

The largest single religion in the Hills South District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 10.5% of the population or 1,002 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Hills South District and the City of Onkaparinga were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (10.1% compared to 8.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (6.2% compared to 4.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Hills South District between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Uniting Church (-397 persons)
  • Anglican (-392 persons)
  • Lutheran (-171 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+170 persons)

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