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Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area

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In the Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (19.7% of all people), while 41.9% of people had no religion and 6.6% did not answer the question on religion.

The Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan 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.

The Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan 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
Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Christian total8,34349.148.09,24260.558.6-899
Non Christian total3311.92.23002.01.8+31
Non-classifiable religious belief930.50.6970.60.5-4
No Religion/secular beliefs7,11641.941.44,34428.429.3+2,772
Not stated1,1196.67.81,2898.49.7-170
Total Population17,002100.0100.015,272100.0100.0+1,730
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
Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,35219.718.03,37222.120.2-20
Anglican2,99717.618.33,74324.524.1-746
Uniting Church5613.32.77114.73.6-150
Baptist3912.31.63092.01.6+82
Presbyterian and Reformed3732.22.54302.83.4-57
Christian,nfd3011.82.22831.92.2+18
Buddhism2051.20.81921.30.9+13
Jehova's Witnesses750.40.5680.40.5+7
Greek Orthodox740.40.5470.30.5+27
Pentecostal590.30.7760.50.9-17
Show all (22 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 the Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area in 2021 compared to Shoalhaven City shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 51.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 41.9% said they had no religion, compared with 50.2% and 41.4% respectively for Shoalhaven City.

The largest single religion in the Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 19.7% of the population or 3,352 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of the Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area and Shoalhaven City was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (19.7% compared to 18.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Milton-Ulladulla Structure Plan area between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-746 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-150 persons)
  • Baptist (+82 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-57 persons)

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