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In Hope Island in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (19.4% of all people), while 35.7% of people had no religion and 8.0% did not answer the question on religion.

Hope Island'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.

Hope Island'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
Hope Island - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%Guanaba - Springbrook %Number%Guanaba - Springbrook %2001 to 2021
Christian total7,61251.937.82,40865.857.4+5,204
Non Christian total5974.12.4822.22.3+515
Non-classifiable religious belief500.31.8541.53.2-4
No Religion/secular beliefs5,23335.747.856015.320.1+4,673
Not stated1,1678.010.255815.217.0+609
Total Population14,659100.0100.03,662100.0100.0+10,997
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Hope Island - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%Guanaba - Springbrook %Number%Guanaba - Springbrook %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,84919.413.281722.318.3+2,032
Anglican2,79219.011.895326.020.8+1,839
Uniting Church4403.03.62015.55.7+239
Presbyterian and Reformed4042.81.71564.32.9+248
Christian,nfd3672.52.9581.62.5+309
Buddhism2311.61.2651.80.8+166
Baptist1731.20.9571.61.2+116
Islam1611.10.360.20.3+155
Pentecostal1320.91.0431.21.1+89
Greek Orthodox1110.80.270.20.3+104
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 Hope Island in 2021 compared to Guanaba - Springbrook shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 56.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 35.7% said they had no religion, compared with 40.2% and 47.8% respectively for Guanaba - Springbrook.

The largest single religion in Hope Island was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 19.4% of the population or 2,849 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Hope Island and Guanaba - Springbrook were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (19.0% compared to 11.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (19.4% compared to 13.2%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Presbyterian and Reformed (2.8% compared to 1.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Hope Island between 2001 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+2,032 persons)
  • Anglican (+1,839 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+309 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (+248 persons)

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