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South Gippsland ShireCommunity profile

Mirboo North - Baromi

Religion

In Mirboo North - Baromi in 2021, the largest religious group was Anglican (13.9% of all people), while 53.9% of people had no religion and 8.2% did not answer the question on religion.

Mirboo North - Baromi'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.

Mirboo North - Baromi'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
Mirboo North - Baromi - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%South Gippsland Shire %Number%South Gippsland Shire %2016 to 2021
Christian total88036.438.71,04945.149.3-169
Non Christian total231.01.3221.01.20
Non-classifiable religious belief150.60.7120.50.7+3
No Religion/secular beliefs1,30253.951.298642.438.4+315
Not stated1978.28.225411.010.4-58
Total Population2,417100.0100.02,325100.0100.0+91
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
Mirboo North - Baromi - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%South Gippsland Shire %Number%South Gippsland Shire %2016 to 2021
Anglican33513.911.639116.816.1-57
Western (Roman) Catholic30712.714.735115.117.4-44
Uniting Church863.65.01124.97.2-27
Presbyterian and Reformed411.72.1532.33.2-12
Christian,nfd331.42.0472.02.0-14
Pentecostal190.80.6221.00.7-4
Seventh Day Adventist180.70.230.10.2+15
Jehova's Witnesses100.40.330.10.3+7
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 Mirboo North - Baromi in 2021 compared to South Gippsland Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 37.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 53.9% said they had no religion, compared with 40.0% and 51.2% respectively for South Gippsland Shire.

The largest single religion in Mirboo North - Baromi was Anglican, with 13.9% of the population or 335 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Mirboo North - Baromi and South Gippsland Shire were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (13.9% compared to 11.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (12.7% compared to 14.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Uniting Church (3.6% compared to 5.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Mirboo North - Baromi between 2016 and 2021 was for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-57 persons)

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