In Bayside Council area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.3% of all people), while 26.2% of people had no religion and 7.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Bayside Council 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.
Bayside Council 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.
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| Religion - Summary | |||||||
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| Bayside Council area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Christian total | 83,575 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 84,237 | 68.4 | 70.0 | -662 |
| Non Christian total | 32,755 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 15,820 | 12.9 | 7.9 | +16,935 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 704 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1,512 | 1.2 | 1.5 | -808 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 45,932 | 26.2 | 29.6 | 10,916 | 8.9 | 12.7 | +35,016 |
| Not stated | 12,234 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 10,612 | 8.6 | 7.9 | +1,622 |
| Total Population | 175,200 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 123,097 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +52,103 |
| Religion - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside Council area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Religion | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | Number | % | Georges River Council area % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 39,032 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 34,443 | 28.0 | 27.0 | +4,589 |
| Islam | 15,275 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 10,146 | 8.2 | 3.1 | +5,129 |
| Greek Orthodox | 14,939 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 13,439 | 10.9 | 7.8 | +1,500 |
| Anglican | 8,329 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 15,957 | 13.0 | 17.7 | -7,628 |
| Buddhism | 7,766 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3,410 | 2.8 | 3.2 | +4,356 |
| Hinduism | 7,664 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 1,317 | 1.1 | 1.0 | +6,347 |
| Christian,nfd | 5,262 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 948 | 0.8 | 1.1 | +4,314 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 3,927 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 4,640 | 3.8 | 2.1 | -713 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 1,826 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2,551 | 2.1 | 2.9 | -725 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 1,563 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1,109 | 0.9 | 0.9 | +454 |
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Bayside Council area in 2021 compared to Georges River Council area shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 66.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 26.2% said they had no religion, compared with 64.4% and 29.6% respectively for Georges River Council area.
The largest single religion in Bayside Council area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.3% of the population or 39,032 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Bayside Council area and Georges River Council area were:
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Bayside Council area between 2001 and 2021 were for those who nominated:
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