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North-Central Ward

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In North-Central Ward in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (21.0% of all people), while 43.8% of people had no religion and 5.0% did not answer the question on religion.

North-Central Ward'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.

North-Central Ward'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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'What is the person's religion?'

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Religion - Summary
North-Central Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%Edgewater %Number%Edgewater %2006 to 2021
Christian total13,75547.444.917,76765.564.2-4,012
Non Christian total9653.32.97362.72.2+229
Non-classifiable religious belief1520.50.81750.60.5-23
No Religion/secular beliefs12,71343.846.75,74021.221.7+6,973
Not stated1,4485.04.82,69910.011.3-1,251
Total Population29,033100.0100.027,117100.0100.0+1,916
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Religion - Ranked by size
North-Central Ward - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%Edgewater %Number%Edgewater %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic6,10721.020.06,89425.423.9-787
Anglican4,12814.213.16,84525.224.7-2,717
Christian,nfd9223.22.94971.82.5+425
Baptist5011.72.26732.52.5-172
Presbyterian and Reformed4691.61.16872.52.6-218
Uniting Church4301.51.48913.33.4-461
Pentecostal3541.21.62500.91.0+104
Buddhism3151.11.32801.00.9+35
Hinduism2480.90.31020.40.1+146
Islam2470.90.82020.70.6+45
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of North-Central Ward in 2021 compared to Edgewater shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 50.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 43.8% said they had no religion, compared with 47.8% and 46.7% respectively for Edgewater.

The largest single religion in North-Central Ward was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.0% of the population or 6,107 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of North-Central Ward and Edgewater were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (14.2% compared to 13.1%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (21.0% compared to 20.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in North-Central Ward between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-2,717 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-787 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-461 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+425 persons)

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