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In Morphett Vale in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (11.1% of all people), while 54.2% of people had no religion and 6.6% did not answer the question on religion.

Morphett Vale'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.

Morphett Vale'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
Morphett Vale - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Christian total8,31234.634.810,42945.145.0-2,117
Non Christian total9033.82.67113.12.3+192
Non-classifiable religious belief1870.80.72150.90.8-28
No Religion/secular beliefs13,01554.256.29,77042.243.5+3,245
Not stated1,5926.65.62,0168.78.4-424
Total Population24,009100.0100.023,141100.0100.0+868
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
Morphett Vale - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,67111.111.23,21513.913.8-544
Anglican1,8617.88.12,58611.211.6-725
Uniting Church9153.84.51,4146.16.5-499
Christian,nfd7583.23.29284.03.7-170
Baptist4061.71.64481.91.9-42
Lutheran3101.31.53901.71.9-80
Islam2981.20.71770.80.4+121
Pentecostal2961.21.22841.21.1+12
Greek Orthodox2220.90.71750.80.7+47
Buddhism2070.90.72160.90.9-9
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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 Morphett Vale in 2021 compared to the City of Onkaparinga shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 38.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 54.2% said they had no religion, compared with 37.5% and 56.2% respectively for the City of Onkaparinga.

The largest single religion in Morphett Vale was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 11.1% of the population or 2,671 people as adherents.

There were no major differences between Morphett Vale and City of Onkaparinga in 2021.

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-725 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-544 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-499 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (-170 persons)

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