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Lutana - Derwent Park

Religion

In Lutana - Derwent Park in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (13.1% of all people), while 47.6% of people had no religion and 6.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Lutana - Derwent Park'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.

Lutana - Derwent Park'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
Lutana - Derwent Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Moonah Urban Village %Number%Moonah Urban Village %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,06230.533.81,36045.144.7-298
Non Christian total50514.515.61836.19.4+322
Non-classifiable religious belief230.70.5230.80.50
No Religion/secular beliefs1,66147.644.41,19339.635.6+468
Not stated2356.75.72578.59.8-22
Total Population3,486100.0100.03,016100.0100.0+470
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
Lutana - Derwent Park - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Moonah Urban Village %Number%Moonah Urban Village %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic45513.116.554118.020.4-86
Anglican35610.28.852617.513.6-170
Hinduism2106.08.4411.43.4+169
Islam1313.83.3491.63.3+82
Sikhism742.11.4220.70.5+52
Buddhism722.12.0551.81.6+17
Uniting Church661.91.0782.62.4-12
Christian,nfd381.11.5391.31.9-1
Greek Orthodox270.80.9321.11.2-5
Presbyterian and Reformed230.70.9220.71.0+1
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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 Lutana - Derwent Park in 2021 compared to Moonah Urban Village shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 45.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 47.6% said they had no religion, compared with 49.4% and 44.4% respectively for Moonah Urban Village.

The largest single religion in Lutana - Derwent Park was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 13.1% of the population or 455 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Lutana - Derwent Park and Moonah Urban Village were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (10.2% compared to 8.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (13.1% compared to 16.5%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (6.0% compared to 8.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Lutana - Derwent Park between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-170 persons)
  • Hinduism (+169 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-86 persons)
  • Islam (+82 persons)

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