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In South Morang in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (30.4% of all people), while 23.7% of people had no religion and 6.1% did not answer the question on religion.

South Morang'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.

South Morang'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
South Morang - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%City of Whittlesea %Number%City of Whittlesea %2016 to 2021
Christian total12,77155.347.213,51062.353.8-739
Non Christian total3,34514.522.72,70812.518.1+636
Non-classifiable religious belief1050.50.4940.40.5+11
No Religion/secular beliefs5,47123.724.24,21119.420.2+1,259
Not stated1,4186.15.51,1765.47.3+242
Total Population23,110100.0100.021,700100.0100.0+1,409
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
South Morang - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%City of Whittlesea %Number%City of Whittlesea %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic7,02230.424.07,24633.327.5-225
Hinduism1,2645.56.21,0184.74.2+245
Greek Orthodox1,1905.15.71,1895.56.3+1
Christian,nfd1,0824.74.29504.44.0+132
Islam1,0334.59.07523.57.4+281
Anglican9534.13.51,3146.05.1-362
Macedonian Orthodox8093.53.18103.73.4-1
Buddhism5102.23.33931.83.3+117
Sikhism4461.93.74362.02.9+10
Pentecostal2681.21.12681.21.1-1
Show all (29 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 South Morang in 2021 compared to the City of Whittlesea shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 69.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 23.7% said they had no religion, compared with 69.9% and 24.2% respectively for the City of Whittlesea.

The largest single religion in South Morang was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 30.4% of the population or 7,022 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of South Morang and the City of Whittlesea were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (30.4% compared to 24.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (4.5% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Sikhism (1.9% compared to 3.7%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (2.2% compared to 3.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-362 persons)
  • Islam (+281 persons)
  • Hinduism (+245 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-225 persons)

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