City of Greater Shepparton

Religion

In the City of Greater Shepparton, the number of non religious persons experienced the greatest change (+1,991) compared to non Christians and Christians.

The City of Greater Shepparton'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 City of Greater Shepparton'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
City of Greater Shepparton 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % Regional VIC Number % Regional VIC 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 16,721 27.7 25.1 16,180 28.3 25.0 +541
Anglican 8,870 14.7 16.7 8,944 15.7 17.8 -74
Uniting Church 5,109 8.5 8.6 5,515 9.7 9.9 -406
Islam 2,976 4.9 0.6 2,187 3.8 0.5 +789
Presbyterian and Reformed 2,750 4.5 4.2 2,789 4.9 4.5 -39
Christian,nfd 1,126 1.9 1.9 713 1.2 1.4 +413
Pentecostal 642 1.1 0.8 672 1.2 0.9 -30
Greek Orthodox 602 1.0 0.5 632 1.1 0.5 -30
Sikhism 508 0.8 0.1 164 0.3 0.0 +344
Baptist 481 0.8 1.4 556 1.0 1.4 -75
Buddhism 365 0.6 0.7 205 0.4 0.5 +160
Hinduism 356 0.6 0.2 104 0.2 0.1 +252
Jehova's Witnesses 279 0.5 0.3 265 0.5 0.3 +14
Lutheran 273 0.5 1.3 231 0.4 1.4 +42
Churches of Christ 196 0.3 0.4 229 0.4 0.4 -33
Salvation Army 131 0.2 0.4 160 0.3 0.4 -29
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 109 0.2 0.2 96 0.2 0.2 +13
Macedonian Orthodox 101 0.2 0.1 85 0.1 0.1 +16
Brethren 93 0.2 0.2 76 0.1 0.2 +17
Seventh Day Adventist 90 0.1 0.2 97 0.2 0.2 -7
Other Eastern Orthodox 78 0.1 0.1 85 0.1 0.1 -7
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
City of Greater Shepparton 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % Regional VIC Number % Regional VIC 2006 to 2011
Christian total 37,799 62.5 62.7 37,452 65.6 64.9 +347
Non Christian total 4,372 7.2 2.0 2,787 4.9 1.5 +1,585
Non-classifiable religious belief 435 0.7 0.8 286 0.5 0.7 +149
No religion 12,193 20.2 25.4 10,202 17.9 21.5 +1,991
Not stated 5,642 9.3 9.0 6,357 11.1 11.4 -715
Total Population 60,441 100.0 100.0 57,084 100.0 100.0 +3,357

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, Regional VIC: 25.1% Anglican, Regional VIC: 16.7% Uniting Church, Regional VIC: 8.6% Islam, Regional VIC: 0.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, Regional VIC: 4.2% Christian,nfd, Regional VIC: 1.9% Pentecostal, Regional VIC: 0.8% Greek Orthodox, Regional VIC: 0.5% Sikhism, Regional VIC: 0.1% Baptist, Regional VIC: 1.4% Western (Roman) Catholic, City of Greater Shepparton: 27.7% Anglican, City of Greater Shepparton: 14.7% Uniting Church, City of Greater Shepparton: 8.5% Islam, City of Greater Shepparton: 4.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, City of Greater Shepparton: 4.5% Christian,nfd, City of Greater Shepparton: 1.9% Pentecostal, City of Greater Shepparton: 1.1% Greek Orthodox, City of Greater Shepparton: 1.0% Sikhism, City of Greater Shepparton: 0.8% Baptist, City of Greater Shepparton: 0.8% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, City of Greater Shepparton: +541 Anglican, City of Greater Shepparton: -74 Uniting Church, City of Greater Shepparton: -406 Islam, City of Greater Shepparton: +789 Presbyterian and Reformed, City of Greater Shepparton: -39 Christian,nfd, City of Greater Shepparton: +413 Pentecostal, City of Greater Shepparton: -30 Greek Orthodox, City of Greater Shepparton: -30 Sikhism, City of Greater Shepparton: +344 Baptist, City of Greater Shepparton: -75 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of the City of Greater Shepparton in 2011 compared to Regional VIC shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 69.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 20.2% said they had no religion, compared with 64.7% and 25.4% respectively for Regional VIC.

The largest single religion in the City of Greater Shepparton was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 27.7% of the population or 16,721 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the City of Greater Shepparton and Regional VIC were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (4.9% compared to 0.6%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (27.7% compared to 25.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (14.7% compared to 16.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the City of Greater Shepparton between 2006 and 2011 were for those who nominated:

  • Islam (+789 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+541 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+413 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-406 persons)