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In East Kurrajong in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (29.1% of all people), while 34.4% of people had no religion and 3.0% did not answer the question on religion.

East Kurrajong'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.

East Kurrajong'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
East Kurrajong - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Rural North %Number%Rural North %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,35461.147.31,37962.855.8-25
Non Christian total200.92.1231.01.4-3
Non-classifiable religious belief130.60.8140.60.8-1
No Religion/secular beliefs76334.439.755325.227.0+210
Not stated663.010.122810.414.9-162
Total Population2,216100.0100.02,197100.0100.0+19
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
East Kurrajong - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Rural North %Number%Rural North %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic64529.117.061628.119.1+29
Anglican48021.719.551323.424.1-33
Uniting Church873.91.7853.92.2+2
Presbyterian and Reformed351.61.3421.91.9-7
Baptist281.30.5331.51.6-5
Greek Orthodox190.90.8110.50.1+8
Buddhism110.50.9130.60.5-2
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 East Kurrajong in 2021 compared to Rural North shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 62.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 34.4% said they had no religion, compared with 49.3% and 39.7% respectively for Rural North.

The largest single religion in East Kurrajong was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 29.1% of the population or 645 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of East Kurrajong and Rural North were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (29.1% compared to 17.0%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (3.9% compared to 1.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (21.7% compared to 19.5%)

Emerging groups

There were no major differences in East Kurrajong between 2016 and 2021.

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