Casey Established
Religion
In Casey Established in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (23.6% of all people), while 24.0% of people had no religion and 7.5% did not answer the question on religion.
Casey Established'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.
Casey Established'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Casey Established - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Junction Village % | Number | % | Junction Village % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 122,143 | 48.6 | 52.6 | 35500 | 134,013 | 58.5 | 61.3 | -11,870 |
| Non Christian total | 48,602 | 19.3 | 2.6 | 35501 | 33,128 | 14.5 | 1.7 | +15,474 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 1,228 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 35502 | 1,684 | 0.7 | 0.9 | -455 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 60,372 | 24.0 | 29.5 | 35503 | 44,267 | 19.3 | 23.6 | +16,105 |
| Not stated | 18,955 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 35504 | 16,126 | 7.0 | 12.4 | +2,830 |
| Total Population | 251,302 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 229,219 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +22,083 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Casey Established - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Junction Village % | Number | % | Junction Village % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 59,355 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 35044 | 64,593 | 28.2 | 25.3 | -5,239 |
| Islam | 20,404 | 8.1 | -- | 35017 | 13,381 | 5.8 | 0.3 | +7,024 |
| Anglican | 19,304 | 7.7 | 16.1 | 35000 | 25,249 | 11.0 | 18.5 | -5,944 |
| Buddhism | 11,327 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 35008 | 9,377 | 4.1 | 0.5 | +1,950 |
| Hinduism | 10,381 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 35016 | 6,836 | 3.0 | 0.6 | +3,545 |
| Christian,nfd | 9,392 | 3.7 | -- | 35011 | 6,591 | 2.9 | 2.0 | +2,801 |
| Sikhism | 5,286 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 35041 | 2,349 | 1.0 | -- | +2,937 |
| Uniting Church | 5,276 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 35043 | 6,927 | 3.0 | 5.0 | -1,651 |
| Pentecostal | 4,901 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 35033 | 4,660 | 2.0 | 0.3 | +241 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 4,761 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 35036 | 5,843 | 2.5 | 5.4 | -1,082 |
| Greek Orthodox | 4,227 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 35015 | 4,165 | 1.8 | -- | +62 |
| Baptist | 3,370 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 35006 | 3,824 | 1.7 | 1.0 | -454 |
| Serbian Orthodox | 1,597 | 0.6 | -- | 35039 | 1,626 | 0.7 | -- | -29 |
| Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 1,350 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 35020 | 1,260 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +90 |
| Other Protestant | 1,207 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 35034 | 878 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +328 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 1,075 | 0.4 | -- | 35040 | 1,095 | 0.5 | -- | -20 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 885 | 0.4 | -- | 35014 | 840 | 0.4 | -- | +46 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 692 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 35018 | 800 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -108 |
| Lutheran | 495 | 0.2 | -- | 35021 | 1,103 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -608 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 443 | 0.2 | -- | 35028 | 112 | 0.0 | -- | +331 |
| Other Oriental Orthodox | 434 | 0.2 | -- | 35032 | 244 | 0.1 | -- | +190 |
| Russian Orthodox | 372 | 0.1 | -- | 35037 | 459 | 0.2 | -- | -87 |
| Other Non-Christian Religions | 364 | 0.1 | -- | 35031 | 364 | 0.2 | -- | 0 |
| Churches of Christ | 356 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 35013 | 651 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -295 |
| Salvation Army | 333 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 35038 | 507 | 0.2 | 1.1 | -174 |
| Other Eastern Orthodox | 300 | 0.1 | -- | 35029 | 1,541 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -1,241 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 197 | 0.1 | -- | 35001 | 205 | 0.1 | -- | -7 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 195 | 0.1 | -- | 35022 | 271 | 0.1 | -- | -76 |
| Baha'i | 177 | 0.1 | -- | 35005 | 141 | 0.1 | -- | +35 |
| Other Christian | 164 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 35027 | 336 | 0.1 | -- | -172 |
| Brethren | 136 | 0.1 | -- | 35007 | 135 | 0.1 | -- | +1 |
| Judaism | 115 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 35019 | 178 | 0.1 | -- | -63 |
| Paganism | 68 | 0.0 | -- | 35035 | 144 | 0.1 | -- | -77 |
| Maronite Catholic | 49 | 0.0 | -- | 35023 | 58 | 0.0 | -- | -9 |
| Chinese and Japanese Religions | 30 | 0.0 | -- | 35009 | 31 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Wiccan/Witchcraft | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 35045 | 85 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -61 |
| Spiritualism | 21 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 35042 | 149 | 0.1 | -- | -128 |
| Christadelphian | 17 | 0.0 | -- | 35010 | 22 | 0.0 | -- | -5 |
| Assyrian Apostolic | 15 | 0.0 | -- | 35003 | 6 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Other Nature Religions | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 35030 | 70 | 0.0 | -- | -58 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Casey Established in 2016 compared to Junction Village shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 67.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 24.0% said they had no religion, compared with 55.2% and 29.5% respectively for Junction Village.
The largest single religion in Casey Established was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 23.6% of the population or 59,355 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Casey Established and Junction Village were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Islam (8.1% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (3.7% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (4.1% compared to 0.5%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (7.7% compared to 16.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Casey Established between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Islam (+7,024 persons)
- Anglican (-5,944 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-5,239 persons)
- Hinduism (+3,545 persons)