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In Elizabeth East in 2021, the largest religious group was Islam (9.2% of all people), while 47.1% of people had no religion and 10.8% did not answer the question on religion.

Elizabeth East'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.

Elizabeth East'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Elizabeth East - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Elizabeth Grove %Number%Elizabeth Grove %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,35929.434.51,74339.339.9-384
Non Christian total55512.010.54049.110.7+151
Non-classifiable religious belief310.70.7210.50.7+10
No Religion/secular beliefs2,17547.142.71,77540.035.8+400
Not stated49710.811.549711.212.90
Total Population4,617100.0100.04,440100.0100.0+177
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
Elizabeth East - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Elizabeth Grove %Number%Elizabeth Grove %2016 to 2021
Islam4239.25.52846.46.5+139
Western (Roman) Catholic4078.810.054812.311.1-141
Anglican3317.26.350411.410.6-173
Christian,nfd1423.14.80----+142
Uniting Church1302.82.81653.73.6-35
Baptist871.93.3801.82.9+7
Buddhism691.52.0521.21.1+17
Pentecostal481.01.7471.11.0+1
Lutheran441.01.3681.51.8-24
Jehova's Witnesses330.70.4400.90.2-7
Show all (19 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 Elizabeth East in 2021 compared to Elizabeth Grove shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 41.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 47.1% said they had no religion, compared with 45.1% and 42.7% respectively for Elizabeth Grove.

The largest single religion in Elizabeth East was Islam, with 9.2% of the population or 423 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Elizabeth East and Elizabeth Grove were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (9.2% compared to 5.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (3.1% compared to 4.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Baptist (1.9% compared to 3.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (8.8% compared to 10.0%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-173 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+142 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-141 persons)
  • Islam (+139 persons)

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