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In East Metropolitan Region in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (19.2% of all people), while 40.0% of people had no religion and 6.7% did not answer the question on religion.

East Metropolitan Region'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.

East Metropolitan Region'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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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

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Religion - Summary
East Metropolitan Region - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%Metropolitan District %Number%Metropolitan District %2011 to 2021
Christian total267,09641.141.7307,07057.258.2-39,974
Non Christian total74,83611.59.744,2858.27.1+30,550
Non-classifiable religious belief4,1780.60.64,8750.90.9-697
No Religion/secular beliefs259,65140.041.8130,85724.425.1+128,794
Not stated43,8236.76.249,8619.38.7-6,039
Total Population649,584100.0100.0536,950100.0100.0+112,634
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Religion - Ranked by size
East Metropolitan Region - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%Metropolitan District %Number%Metropolitan District %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic124,45619.219.6130,53124.324.7-6,076
Anglican57,0818.89.691,68117.118.0-34,601
Islam28,8954.43.115,6952.92.2+13,200
Christian,nfd24,6273.83.515,9773.02.8+8,649
Buddhism18,0802.82.615,2872.82.6+2,793
Hinduism14,7312.32.45,1771.01.2+9,554
Baptist11,7891.81.610,4441.91.8+1,345
Presbyterian and Reformed8,1791.31.311,4192.12.2-3,241
Uniting Church7,6791.21.413,2552.53.0-5,576
Pentecostal7,3381.11.16,2501.21.2+1,088
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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, 2011 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 East Metropolitan Region in 2021 compared to the Metropolitan District shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 52.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 40.0% said they had no religion, compared with 51.4% and 41.8% respectively for the Metropolitan District.

The largest single religion in East Metropolitan Region was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 19.2% of the population or 124,456 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of East Metropolitan Region and the Metropolitan District was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (4.4% compared to 3.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in East Metropolitan Region between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-34,601 persons)
  • Islam (+13,200 persons)
  • Hinduism (+9,554 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+8,649 persons)

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