Warrandyte - Warrandyte South
Religion
In Warrandyte - Warrandyte South in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (21.3% of all people), while 39.2% of people had no religion and 7.2% did not answer the question on religion.
Warrandyte - Warrandyte South'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.
Warrandyte - Warrandyte South'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's religion?'
Total population
| Religion - Summary | ||||||||
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| Warrandyte - Warrandyte South - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | City of Manningham % | Number | % | City of Manningham % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 2,888 | 49.8 | 52.2 | 35500 | 3,468 | 59.1 | 62.1 | -579 |
| Non Christian total | 168 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 35501 | 163 | 2.8 | 9.0 | +5 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 52 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 35502 | 61 | 1.0 | 0.6 | -8 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 2,271 | 39.2 | 30.9 | 35503 | 1,779 | 30.4 | 22.1 | +492 |
| Not stated | 415 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 35504 | 391 | 6.7 | 6.3 | +24 |
| Total Population | 5,797 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,863 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -66 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Warrandyte - Warrandyte South - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | City of Manningham % | Number | % | City of Manningham % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 1,238 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 35044 | 1,398 | 23.9 | 26.2 | -160 |
| Anglican | 626 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 35000 | 845 | 14.4 | 9.9 | -219 |
| Uniting Church | 242 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 35043 | 329 | 5.6 | 4.0 | -87 |
| Greek Orthodox | 184 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 35015 | 180 | 3.1 | 9.4 | +3 |
| Other Christian | 147 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 35027 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +139 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 112 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 35036 | 146 | 2.5 | 2.3 | -34 |
| Baptist | 107 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 35006 | 99 | 1.7 | 2.6 | +8 |
| Pentecostal | 74 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 35033 | 69 | 1.2 | 1.1 | +5 |
| Buddhism | 65 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 35008 | 47 | 0.8 | 4.2 | +18 |
| Other Protestant | 53 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 35034 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +36 |
| Hinduism | 42 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 35016 | 40 | 0.7 | 1.2 | +2 |
| Lutheran | 31 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 35021 | 77 | 1.3 | 0.8 | -46 |
| Islam | 30 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 35017 | 28 | 0.5 | 2.1 | +2 |
| Sikhism | 15 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 35041 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +1 |
| Coptic Orthodox | 14 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 35014 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -6 |
| Jehova's Witnesses | 12 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35018 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Other Eastern Catholic | 11 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35028 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Macedonian Orthodox | 10 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35022 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Warrandyte - Warrandyte South in 2016 compared to City of Manningham shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 52.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 39.2% said they had no religion, compared with 61.4% and 30.9% respectively for City of Manningham.
The largest single religion in Warrandyte - Warrandyte South was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.3% of the population or 1,238 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Warrandyte - Warrandyte South and City of Manningham were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (10.8% compared to 7.3%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Christian (2.5% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Greek Orthodox (3.2% compared to 8.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Buddhism (1.1% compared to 4.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Warrandyte - Warrandyte South between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-219 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-160 persons)
- Other Christian (+139 persons)
- Uniting Church (-87 persons)