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Geelong West - Manifold Heights

Religion

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In Geelong West - Manifold Heights in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (26.5% of all people), while 46.0% of people had no religion and 4.9% did not answer the question on religion.

Geelong West - Manifold Heights'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.

Geelong West - Manifold Heights'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
Geelong West - Manifold Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Bell Post Hill %Number%Bell Post Hill %2016 to 2021
Christian total4,35543.455.54,99451.963.0-639
Non Christian total4914.95.43483.63.4+143
Non-classifiable religious belief790.80.5880.90.8-9
No Religion/secular beliefs4,61046.033.03,37035.025.7+1,240
Not stated4904.95.68188.57.2-328
Total Population10,025100.0100.09,618100.0100.0+407
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
Geelong West - Manifold Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Bell Post Hill %Number%Bell Post Hill %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,65826.528.52,95030.733.3-292
Anglican5986.04.47738.05.9-175
Uniting Church2932.92.23914.12.5-98
Christian,nfd1881.95.80----+188
Hinduism1741.70.81061.10.5+68
Presbyterian and Reformed1561.63.02282.43.6-72
Islam1351.32.5921.01.3+43
Baptist1071.11.31221.31.8-15
Greek Orthodox1041.01.71031.11.9+1
Buddhism971.01.0840.91.0+13
Show all (21 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 Geelong West - Manifold Heights in 2021 compared to Bell Post Hill shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 48.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 46.0% said they had no religion, compared with 60.9% and 33.0% respectively for Bell Post Hill.

The largest single religion in Geelong West - Manifold Heights was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.5% of the population or 2,658 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Geelong West - Manifold Heights and Bell Post Hill were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (6.0% compared to 4.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (1.9% compared to 5.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Macedonian Orthodox (0.5% compared to 3.3%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (26.5% compared to 28.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Geelong West - Manifold Heights between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-292 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+188 persons)
  • Other Christian (-187 persons)
  • Anglican (-175 persons)

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