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Town of Victoria Park

Religion

In the Town of Victoria Park in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (18.4% of all people), while 44.6% of people had no religion and 8.2% did not answer the question on religion.

The Town of Victoria Park'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.

The Town of Victoria Park'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
Town of Victoria Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Perth %Number%Greater Perth %2016 to 2021
Christian total12,91635.041.814,37941.149.7-1,463
Non Christian total4,29611.69.44,00611.48.1+290
Non-classifiable religious belief2100.60.62460.70.7-36
No Religion/secular beliefs16,44744.642.012,24635.032.5+4,201
Not stated3,0438.26.24,11311.89.1-1,070
Total Population36,912100.0100.034,990100.0100.0+1,922
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
Town of Victoria Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Perth %Number%Greater Perth %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic6,80418.419.47,20120.622.0-397
Anglican2,4956.89.93,2909.413.8-795
Hinduism1,3093.52.31,1053.21.9+204
Buddhism1,3083.52.51,0733.12.5+235
Islam1,2913.53.01,3823.92.4-91
Christian,nfd1,0552.93.41,0363.03.4+19
Uniting Church5791.61.57542.22.0-175
Presbyterian and Reformed3881.11.35121.51.8-124
Baptist3861.01.63541.01.7+32
Pentecostal2640.71.12400.71.1+24
Show all (33 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 the Town of Victoria Park in 2021 compared to Greater Perth shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 46.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 44.6% said they had no religion, compared with 51.1% and 42.0% respectively for Greater Perth.

The largest single religion in the Town of Victoria Park was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 18.4% of the population or 6,804 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the Town of Victoria Park and Greater Perth were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (3.5% compared to 2.3%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (3.5% compared to 2.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (6.8% compared to 9.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the Town of Victoria Park between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-795 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-397 persons)
  • Buddhism (+235 persons)
  • Hinduism (+204 persons)

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