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Shire of Serpentine JarrahdaleCommunity profile

In Byford area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (12.9% of all people), while 51.0% of people had no religion and 5.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Byford area'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.

Byford area'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
Byford area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale %Number%Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale %2016 to 2021
Christian total6,64835.337.96,77745.648.3-129
Non Christian total1,5218.15.51,0196.94.6+502
Non-classifiable religious belief1090.60.5990.70.6+10
No Religion/secular beliefs9,60651.049.45,76838.837.0+3,837
Not stated9535.16.81,1858.09.5-233
Total Population18,837100.0100.014,850100.0100.0+3,986
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
Byford area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale %Number%Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,43412.913.32,37716.015.8+57
Anglican1,6158.610.52,10914.217.0-495
Christian,nfd9104.84.76914.74.5+219
Sikhism4892.61.62982.01.1+190
Hinduism4402.31.52881.91.2+151
Presbyterian and Reformed4222.22.94513.03.4-30
Islam3521.91.22101.40.9+142
Pentecostal3291.71.42171.51.1+112
Baptist3121.71.62571.71.9+54
Uniting Church1670.91.11811.21.8-15
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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 Byford area in 2021 compared to the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 43.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 51.0% said they had no religion, compared with 43.3% and 49.4% respectively for the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale.

The largest single religion in Byford area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 12.9% of the population or 2,434 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Byford area and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (2.6% compared to 1.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (8.6% compared to 10.5%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-495 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+219 persons)
  • Sikhism (+190 persons)
  • Hinduism (+151 persons)

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