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Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds

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In Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (19.7% of all people), while 41.9% of people had no religion and 6.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds'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.

Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds'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
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang %Number%Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang %2016 to 2021
Christian total2,56649.150.02,82659.262.4-260
Non Christian total1242.41.41012.11.4+23
Non-classifiable religious belief280.50.3340.70.3-6
No Religion/secular beliefs2,19041.943.41,40629.529.1+784
Not stated3186.15.04058.56.8-87
Total Population5,226100.0100.04,772100.0100.0+454
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
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang %Number%Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,03219.718.61,05922.221.0-27
Anglican94018.017.81,11123.324.9-171
Uniting Church1542.93.31944.14.6-40
Baptist1242.41.6901.91.7+34
Presbyterian and Reformed1202.33.31553.23.8-35
Christian,nfd1192.33.20--0.1+119
Buddhism731.40.5781.60.3-5
Islam180.30.140.10.3+14
Jehova's Witnesses140.30.2220.50.2-8
Judaism140.30.30----+14
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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 Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds in 2021 compared to Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 51.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 41.9% said they had no religion, compared with 51.3% and 43.4% respectively for Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang.

The largest single religion in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 19.7% of the population or 1,032 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds and Bangalee - Cambewarra - Tapitalee - Badagarang was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (19.7% compared to 18.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-171 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+119 persons)

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