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In Blackburn in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.2% of all people), while 45.5% of people had no religion and 4.5% did not answer the question on religion.

Blackburn'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.

Blackburn'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
Blackburn - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Whitehorse %Number%City of Whitehorse %2016 to 2021
Christian total5,77639.938.66,40645.944.8-630
Non Christian total1,3749.512.11,1108.010.2+264
Non-classifiable religious belief880.60.4990.70.6-11
No Religion/secular beliefs6,59345.543.75,28237.937.1+1,311
Not stated6484.55.11,0477.57.3-399
Total Population14,479100.0100.013,944100.0100.0+535
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
Blackburn - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Whitehorse %Number%City of Whitehorse %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,48417.216.32,57918.518.6-95
Anglican1,0387.25.91,2869.27.7-248
Hinduism5093.53.83692.62.7+140
Buddhism4893.45.43802.75.0+109
Uniting Church4583.22.66584.73.6-200
Christian,nfd4493.13.00--2.9+449
Baptist4042.82.64253.02.7-21
Presbyterian and Reformed2501.71.52792.01.9-29
Greek Orthodox2111.53.32201.63.4-9
Sikhism1551.10.61751.30.6-20
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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 Blackburn in 2021 compared to the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 49.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 45.5% said they had no religion, compared with 50.7% and 43.7% respectively for the City of Whitehorse.

The largest single religion in Blackburn was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.2% of the population or 2,484 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Blackburn and the City of Whitehorse were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (7.2% compared to 5.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (3.4% compared to 5.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (1.5% compared to 3.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Christian,nfd (+449 persons)
  • Anglican (-248 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-200 persons)
  • Hinduism (+140 persons)

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