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In the City of Canning in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (16.6% of all people), while 33.6% of people had no religion and 5.2% did not answer the question on religion.

The City of Canning'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 City of Canning'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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'What is the person's religion?'

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Religion - Summary
City of Canning - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Riverton %Number%Riverton %2006 to 2021
Christian total36,21737.839.444,62257.659.0-8,406
Non Christian total21,96522.924.08,12510.510.0+13,839
Non-classifiable religious belief5000.50.45670.70.8-67
No Religion/secular beliefs32,19033.632.715,91420.521.9+16,275
Not stated4,9975.23.58,30110.78.4-3,304
Total Population95,869100.0100.077,531100.0100.0+18,337
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Religion - Ranked by size
City of Canning - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Riverton %Number%Riverton %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic15,93816.616.418,26223.622.7-2,324
Islam6,8327.15.52,6353.42.4+4,197
Anglican6,2666.56.412,94116.715.8-6,676
Buddhism6,1076.49.03,6004.64.1+2,507
Hinduism6,0226.37.91,1801.52.1+4,841
Christian,nfd4,0524.24.82,1392.82.2+1,912
Sikhism2,5682.71.12200.30.4+2,348
Baptist1,8992.02.91,8642.43.6+34
Presbyterian and Reformed1,8111.92.22,1582.83.4-348
Uniting Church1,5371.61.83,0613.94.9-1,525
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of the City of Canning in 2021 compared to Riverton shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 60.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 33.6% said they had no religion, compared with 63.4% and 32.7% respectively for Riverton.

The largest single religion in the City of Canning was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 16.6% of the population or 15,938 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the City of Canning and Riverton were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Sikhism (2.7% compared to 1.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (7.1% compared to 5.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (6.4% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (6.3% compared to 7.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the City of Canning between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-6,676 persons)
  • Hinduism (+4,841 persons)
  • Islam (+4,197 persons)
  • Buddhism (+2,507 persons)

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