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South Gippsland ShireCommunity profile

Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory

Religion

In Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (14.6% of all people), while 53.8% of people had no religion and 10.0% did not answer the question on religion.

Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory'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.

Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory'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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Religion totalsNumber%South Gippsland Shire %Number%South Gippsland Shire %2006 to 2021
Christian total56333.838.786353.960.8-301
Non Christian total271.61.3201.20.9+7
Non-classifiable religious belief130.80.7161.00.6-3
No Religion/secular beliefs89553.851.239724.825.3+498
Not stated16710.08.230419.012.5-137
Total Population1,665100.0100.01,601100.0100.0+64
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
ReligionNumber%South Gippsland Shire %Number%South Gippsland Shire %2006 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic24314.614.731619.818.9-74
Anglican1287.711.625115.720.8-123
Uniting Church835.05.01579.811.1-74
Christian,nfd261.62.0402.61.4-15
Presbyterian and Reformed231.42.1392.54.4-17
Baptist150.90.9100.60.8+5
Buddhism120.70.5110.70.30
Other Protestant120.70.20--0.2+12
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory in 2021 compared to South Gippsland Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 35.4% of the population nominated a religion, and 53.8% said they had no religion, compared with 40.0% and 51.2% respectively for South Gippsland Shire.

The largest single religion in Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 14.6% of the population or 243 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory and South Gippsland Shire was:

  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (7.7% compared to 11.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Fish Creek - Sandy Point - Wilsons Promontory between 2006 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-123 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-74 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-74 persons)

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