Essendon West
Religion
In Essendon West in 2016, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (44.7% of all people), while 23.2% of people had no religion and 7.1% did not answer the question on religion.
Essendon West'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.
Essendon West'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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| Essendon West - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) % | Number | % | Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) % | 2006 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 936 | 64.9 | 58.1 | 35500 | 984 | 74.7 | 71.7 | -48 |
| Non Christian total | 65 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 35501 | 50 | 3.8 | 3.9 | +15 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 35502 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -9 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 334 | 23.2 | 23.9 | 35503 | 176 | 13.4 | 14.2 | +158 |
| Not stated | 103 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 35504 | 93 | 7.1 | 9.7 | +9 |
| Total Population | 1,442 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,317 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +124 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Usual residence data)
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Essendon West - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) % | Number | % | Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 643 | 44.7 | 39.7 | 35044 | 625 | 47.4 | 44.5 | +18 |
| Anglican | 105 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 35000 | 148 | 11.3 | 10.9 | -44 |
| Uniting Church | 51 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 35043 | 73 | 5.6 | 4.8 | -22 |
| Greek Orthodox | 44 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 35015 | 25 | 1.9 | 3.8 | +19 |
| Buddhism | 25 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 35008 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -1 |
| Other Christian | 22 | 1.5 | -- | 35027 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +22 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 21 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 35036 | 41 | 3.2 | 2.1 | -21 |
| Hinduism | 14 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 35016 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | +11 |
| Islam | 11 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 35017 | 18 | 1.4 | 1.1 | -7 |
| Maronite Catholic | 10 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 35023 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.2 | -2 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 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 Essendon West in 2016 compared to Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 69.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 23.2% said they had no religion, compared with 66.4% and 23.9% respectively for Keilor Road / Essendon North (N).
The largest single religion in Essendon West was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 44.7% of the population or 643 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Essendon West and Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (44.7% compared to 39.7%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Christian (1.5% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Uniting Church (3.5% compared to 2.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Hinduism (1.0% compared to 4.3%)
Emerging groups
There were no major differences in Essendon West between 2006 and 2016.