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In the City of Maribyrnong in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (18.8% of all people), while 45.0% of people had no religion and 6.3% did not answer the question on religion.

The City of Maribyrnong'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.

The City of Maribyrnong'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
City of Maribyrnong - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%Footscray %Number%Footscray %2001 to 2021
Christian total27,44432.224.333,06455.448.2-5,620
Non Christian total13,51715.918.29,89216.624.9+3,625
Non-classifiable religious belief6030.71.01,1692.02.0-566
No Religion/secular beliefs38,31945.047.59,15315.314.4+29,166
Not stated5,3516.38.96,37210.710.6-1,021
Total Population85,234100.0100.059,650100.0100.0+25,584
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Religion - Ranked by size
City of Maribyrnong - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%Footscray %Number%Footscray %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic16,05118.813.616,66227.925.2-611
Buddhism6,8278.08.26,73511.316.7+92
Islam3,3704.04.52,1953.75.0+1,175
Hinduism2,6793.14.75791.02.2+2,100
Greek Orthodox2,5072.92.02,9775.04.6-470
Anglican2,4402.92.25,1248.66.1-2,684
Christian,nfd1,8742.22.15600.91.1+1,314
Baptist7540.90.77121.21.2+42
Uniting Church7380.90.51,7412.92.4-1,003
Presbyterian and Reformed5270.60.61,4412.41.9-914
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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, 2001 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 the City of Maribyrnong in 2021 compared to Footscray shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 48.1% of the population nominated a religion, and 45.0% said they had no religion, compared with 42.6% and 47.5% respectively for Footscray.

The largest single religion in the City of Maribyrnong was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 18.8% of the population or 16,051 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the City of Maribyrnong and Footscray were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (18.8% compared to 13.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (3.1% compared to 4.7%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Anglican (-2,684 persons)
  • Hinduism (+2,100 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+1,314 persons)
  • Islam (+1,175 persons)

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