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Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds

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In Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds in 2021, the largest religious group was Anglican (18.5% of all people), while 42.6% of people had no religion and 6.3% did not answer the question on religion.

Vincentia - Erowal Bay 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.

Vincentia - Erowal Bay 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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Bomaderry %Number%Bomaderry %2011 to 2021
Christian total3,19748.548.93,32865.871.9-131
Non Christian total1231.92.4801.61.5+43
Non-classifiable religious belief480.70.8420.81.0+6
No Religion/secular beliefs2,81042.640.71,06821.117.8+1,742
Not stated4186.37.254210.77.8-124
Total Population6,596100.0100.05,060100.0100.0+1,536
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Bomaderry %Number%Bomaderry %2011 to 2021
Anglican1,22018.518.01,36126.930.5-141
Western (Roman) Catholic1,15917.616.91,11722.121.4+42
Uniting Church1812.73.12314.66.0-50
Christian,nfd1602.42.61072.12.6+53
Presbyterian and Reformed1271.93.01703.45.4-43
Baptist961.51.7881.71.9+8
Greek Orthodox841.30.3501.00.2+34
Buddhism590.90.8400.80.9+19
Jehova's Witnesses480.70.8290.60.7+19
Pentecostal360.51.2661.31.6-30
Show all (18 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds in 2021 compared to Bomaderry shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 50.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 42.6% said they had no religion, compared with 51.2% and 40.7% respectively for Bomaderry.

The largest single religion in Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds was Anglican, with 18.5% of the population or 1,220 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds and Bomaderry was:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (1.9% compared to 3.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Vincentia - Erowal Bay and Surrounds between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-141 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+53 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-50 persons)

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