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Eastern Region Alliance area

Religion

In Eastern Region Alliance area in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (21.8% of all people), while 40.7% of people had no religion and 4.2% did not answer the question on religion.

Eastern Region Alliance 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.

Eastern Region Alliance 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
Eastern Region Alliance area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %2016 to 2021
Christian total93,20945.041.699,90151.247.4-6,692
Non Christian total19,7589.56.214,4347.45.3+5,324
Non-classifiable religious belief1,0290.50.51,1530.60.6-124
No Religion/secular beliefs84,44240.747.665,09733.338.7+19,345
Not stated8,8074.24.114,6577.58.0-5,850
Total Population207,245100.0100.0195,242100.0100.0+12,003
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
Eastern Region Alliance area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic45,14321.815.846,85324.017.1-1,710
Anglican15,3337.48.918,5859.511.1-3,252
Uniting Church7,9743.84.310,1815.25.6-2,207
Greek Orthodox7,8943.85.27,4913.85.1+403
Hinduism6,7543.32.34,4162.31.6+2,338
Buddhism5,2532.51.74,2432.21.6+1,010
Christian,nfd4,2182.01.83,9342.01.9+284
Islam4,0051.91.12,9311.51.2+1,074
Lutheran2,9881.41.93,5641.82.4-576
Baptist2,5011.21.22,3671.21.3+134
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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 Eastern Region Alliance area in 2021 compared to the City of Unley shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 54.5% of the population nominated a religion, and 40.7% said they had no religion, compared with 47.8% and 47.6% respectively for the City of Unley.

The largest single religion in Eastern Region Alliance area was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.8% of the population or 45,143 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Eastern Region Alliance area and the City of Unley were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (21.8% compared to 15.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (7.4% compared to 8.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (3.8% compared to 5.2%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Eastern Region Alliance area between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-3,252 persons)
  • Hinduism (+2,338 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-2,207 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-1,710 persons)

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