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Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale

Religion

In Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (22.9% of all people), while 33.0% of people had no religion and 4.1% did not answer the question on religion.

Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale'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.

Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale'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
Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Hocking %Number%Hocking %2016 to 2021
Christian total3,83251.243.33,67657.554.3+156
Non Christian total83211.17.964110.04.9+191
Non-classifiable religious belief400.50.4460.70.5-6
No Religion/secular beliefs2,47233.044.01,59524.934.0+877
Not stated3104.14.54396.96.2-129
Total Population7,486100.0100.06,397100.0100.0+1,089
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Hocking %Number%Hocking %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic1,71822.920.91,58124.724.8+137
Anglican6598.88.777712.112.8-118
Christian,nfd3895.23.8170.3--+372
Hinduism3775.03.02654.11.5+112
Islam2112.82.11792.81.3+32
Buddhism1712.31.81402.21.5+31
Pentecostal1512.02.51692.62.5-18
Baptist1211.61.31141.82.4+7
Macedonian Orthodox1181.60.4991.50.6+19
Presbyterian and Reformed1171.61.21211.91.4-4
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale in 2021 compared to Hocking shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 62.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 33.0% said they had no religion, compared with 51.1% and 44.0% respectively for Hocking.

The largest single religion in Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 22.9% of the population or 1,718 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale and Hocking were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (5.0% compared to 3.0%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.9% compared to 20.9%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (5.2% compared to 3.8%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Macedonian Orthodox (1.6% compared to 0.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Madeley - Wangara - Woodvale between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Christian,nfd (+372 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+137 persons)
  • Anglican (-118 persons)
  • Hinduism (+112 persons)

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