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Central North District

Religion

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In the Central North District in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (11.3% of all people), while 55.4% of people had no religion and 6.5% did not answer the question on religion.

The Central North 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 North 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 North District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Christian total26,15934.234.832,63344.345.0-6,475
Non Christian total2,3863.12.61,9252.62.3+461
Non-classifiable religious belief6000.80.76200.80.8-20
No Religion/secular beliefs42,35255.456.231,91143.443.5+10,441
Not stated4,9546.55.66,5138.88.4-1,559
Total Population76,451100.0100.073,603100.0100.0+2,848
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 North District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Onkaparinga %Number%City of Onkaparinga %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic8,61911.311.210,35914.113.8-1,740
Anglican6,0527.98.18,36911.411.6-2,317
Uniting Church2,9043.84.54,2655.86.5-1,361
Christian,nfd2,4863.33.22,8423.93.7-357
Baptist1,2121.61.61,2791.71.9-67
Lutheran9891.31.51,1941.61.9-206
Pentecostal9461.21.28441.11.1+102
Islam7160.90.73940.50.4+322
Buddhism5690.70.76020.80.9-33
Greek Orthodox5680.70.74730.60.7+95
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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 North District in 2021 compared to the City of Onkaparinga shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 37.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 55.4% said they had no religion, compared with 37.5% and 56.2% respectively for the City of Onkaparinga.

The largest single religion in the Central North District was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 11.3% of the population or 8,619 people as adherents.

There were no major differences between Central North District and City of Onkaparinga in 2021.

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-2,317 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,740 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-1,361 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (-357 persons)

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