Canada Bay City

Religion

In Canada Bay City, the number of non religious persons experienced the greatest change (+5,301) compared to Christians and non Christians.

Canada Bay City'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.

Canada Bay City'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religions - ranked by size
Canada Bay City 2011 2006 Change
Religion Number % SSROC region Number % SSROC region 2006 to 2011
Western (Roman) Catholic 29,178 38.5 25.9 27,020 41.1 26.7 +2,158
Anglican 8,489 11.2 12.3 8,786 13.4 13.9 -297
Greek Orthodox 3,137 4.1 5.5 2,744 4.2 5.8 +393
Buddhism 2,399 3.2 4.4 1,541 2.3 3.9 +858
Presbyterian and Reformed 2,353 3.1 2.0 2,163 3.3 2.2 +190
Uniting Church 1,823 2.4 2.1 1,925 2.9 2.6 -102
Hinduism 1,546 2.0 1.7 843 1.3 1.1 +703
Islam 1,068 1.4 5.9 732 1.1 5.0 +336
Christian,nfd 849 1.1 1.3 554 0.8 1.0 +295
Baptist 666 0.9 1.2 577 0.9 1.2 +89
Maronite Catholic 502 0.7 0.7 371 0.6 0.8 +131
Pentecostal 478 0.6 0.8 462 0.7 0.7 +16
Lutheran 242 0.3 0.4 259 0.4 0.4 -17
Other Eastern Orthodox 222 0.3 0.7 237 0.4 0.8 -15
Coptic Orthodox 218 0.3 0.4 202 0.3 0.4 +16
Judaism 215 0.3 1.9 184 0.3 1.8 +31
Russian Orthodox 212 0.3 0.2 203 0.3 0.2 +9
Serbian Orthodox 206 0.3 0.2 121 0.2 0.2 +85
Jehova's Witnesses 194 0.3 0.2 154 0.2 0.2 +40
Other Protestant 143 0.2 0.3 89 0.1 0.3 +54
Sikhism 128 0.2 0.2 83 0.1 0.1 +45
Other Non-Christian Religions 88 0.1 0.1 99 0.2 0.2 -11
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Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.

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Religions - summary
Canada Bay City 2011 2006 Change
Religion totals Number % SSROC region Number % SSROC region 2006 to 2011
Christian total 49,480 65.3 55.8 46,301 70.4 59.0 +3,179
Non Christian total 5,605 7.4 14.4 3,595 5.5 12.2 +2,010
Non-classifiable religious belief 408 0.5 0.7 337 0.5 0.6 +71
No religion 14,095 18.6 20.1 8,794 13.4 15.5 +5,301
Not stated 6,174 8.1 9.0 6,717 10.2 12.7 -543
Total Population 75,762 100.0 100.0 65,744 100.0 100.0 +10,018

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

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Religion, 2011
Religion, 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, SSROC region: 25.9% Anglican, SSROC region: 12.3% Greek Orthodox, SSROC region: 5.5% Buddhism, SSROC region: 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, SSROC region: 2.0% Uniting Church, SSROC region: 2.1% Hinduism, SSROC region: 1.7% Islam, SSROC region: 5.9% Christian,nfd, SSROC region: 1.3% Baptist, SSROC region: 1.2% Western (Roman) Catholic, Canada Bay City: 38.5% Anglican, Canada Bay City: 11.2% Greek Orthodox, Canada Bay City: 4.1% Buddhism, Canada Bay City: 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, Canada Bay City: 3.1% Uniting Church, Canada Bay City: 2.4% Hinduism, Canada Bay City: 2.0% Islam, Canada Bay City: 1.4% Christian,nfd, Canada Bay City: 1.1% Baptist, Canada Bay City: 0.9% ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011
Change in religion, 2006 to 2011 Western (Roman) Catholic, Canada Bay City: +2,158 Anglican, Canada Bay City: -297 Greek Orthodox, Canada Bay City: +393 Buddhism, Canada Bay City: +858 Presbyterian and Reformed, Canada Bay City: +190 Uniting Church, Canada Bay City: -102 Hinduism, Canada Bay City: +703 Islam, Canada Bay City: +336 Christian,nfd, Canada Bay City: +295 Baptist, Canada Bay City: +89 ​
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Canada Bay City in 2011 compared to the SSROC region shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 72.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 18.6% said they had no religion, compared with 70.2% and 20.1% respectively for the SSROC region.

The largest single religion in Canada Bay City was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 38.5% of the population or 29,178 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Canada Bay City and the SSROC region were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (38.5% compared to 25.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (3.1% compared to 2.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (1.4% compared to 5.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Judaism (0.3% compared to 1.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Canada Bay City between 2006 and 2011 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+2,158 persons)
  • Buddhism (+858 persons)
  • Hinduism (+703 persons)
  • Greek Orthodox (+393 persons)