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Beerwah Activity Centre

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In Beerwah Activity Centre in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (12.2% of all people), while 48.1% of people had no religion and 7.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Beerwah Activity Centre'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.

Beerwah Activity Centre'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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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Beerwah Activity Centre - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach %Number%Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach %2016 to 2021
Christian total2,42040.745.82,52154.558.9-102
Non Christian total1482.51.51062.31.2+42
Non-classifiable religious belief540.90.5200.40.7+34
No Religion/secular beliefs2,85748.146.91,58734.332.9+1,269
Not stated4607.75.23928.56.4+67
Total Population5,939100.0100.04,628100.0100.0+1,310
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
Beerwah Activity Centre - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach %Number%Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic72312.217.463613.820.3+87
Anglican5849.813.174516.218.8-161
Uniting Church2474.24.23096.75.6-63
Baptist2333.92.01773.82.1+56
Christian,nfd1943.32.91834.03.4+11
Pentecostal1302.21.41332.91.8-3
Presbyterian and Reformed1081.82.01132.53.0-6
Buddhism611.00.7581.30.6+2
Jehova's Witnesses480.80.5571.30.6-10
Lutheran480.80.8551.21.2-8
Show all (16 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 Beerwah Activity Centre in 2021 compared to Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 43.2% of the population nominated a religion, and 48.1% said they had no religion, compared with 47.3% and 46.9% respectively for Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach.

The largest single religion in Beerwah Activity Centre was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 12.2% of the population or 723 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Beerwah Activity Centre and Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Baptist (3.9% compared to 2.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (12.2% compared to 17.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (9.8% compared to 13.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Beerwah Activity Centre between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-161 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+87 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-63 persons)
  • Baptist (+56 persons)

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