Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds
Religion
In Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds in 2016, the largest religious group was Anglican (23.3% of all people), while 33.8% of people had no religion and 9.0% did not answer the question on religion.
Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds'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.
Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds'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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| Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion totals | Number | % | Rural Balance % | Number | % | Rural Balance % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Christian total | 1,835 | 55.0 | 51.4 | 35500 | 2,145 | 65.7 | 61.7 | -310 |
| Non Christian total | 45 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 35501 | 53 | 1.6 | 1.8 | -8 |
| Non-classifiable religious belief | 28 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 35502 | 22 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +6 |
| No Religion/secular beliefs | 1,128 | 33.8 | 33.2 | 35503 | 780 | 23.9 | 25.8 | +348 |
| Not stated | 301 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 35504 | 267 | 8.2 | 9.9 | +34 |
| Total Population | 3,337 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,267 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +70 | |
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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| Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Religion | Number | % | Rural Balance % | Number | % | Rural Balance % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Anglican | 780 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 35000 | 964 | 29.5 | 27.1 | -184 |
| Western (Roman) Catholic | 630 | 18.8 | 15.5 | 35044 | 714 | 21.9 | 17.4 | -84 |
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 108 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 35036 | 124 | 3.8 | 4.0 | -16 |
| Uniting Church | 99 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 35043 | 134 | 4.1 | 5.5 | -35 |
| Other Christian | 64 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 35027 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +64 |
| Baptist | 53 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 35006 | 43 | 1.3 | 1.8 | +10 |
| Greek Orthodox | 28 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 35015 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.6 | -5 |
| Buddhism | 27 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 35008 | 28 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -1 |
| Pentecostal | 22 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 35033 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +6 |
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 Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds in 2016 compared to Rural Balance shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 56.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 33.8% said they had no religion, compared with 54.2% and 33.2% respectively for Rural Balance.
The largest single religion in Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds was Anglican, with 23.3% of the population or 780 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds and Rural Balance were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (18.8% compared to 15.5%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Other Christian (1.9% compared to 0.1%)
- A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (23.3% compared to 21.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Huskisson - Tomerong and Surrounds between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Anglican (-184 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-84 persons)
- Other Christian (+64 persons)