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In West Precinct in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.7% of all people), while 40.9% of people had no religion and 7.3% did not answer the question on religion.

West Precinct'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.

West Precinct'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
West Precinct - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Lower Plenty %Number%Lower Plenty %2016 to 2021
Christian total4,78134.148.95,20038.754.9-419
Non Christian total2,34716.83.02,21916.52.5+128
Non-classifiable religious belief1270.90.61461.10.9-19
No Religion/secular beliefs5,72240.942.74,29131.936.3+1,431
Not stated1,0287.34.81,58711.85.4-559
Total Population14,005100.0100.013,443100.0100.0+562
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
West Precinct - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Lower Plenty %Number%Lower Plenty %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic2,47417.726.12,60519.426.6-131
Islam1,51010.80.81,50711.21.1+3
Anglican6014.38.88866.611.7-285
Greek Orthodox5413.93.14553.42.6+86
Buddhism3822.71.13012.20.7+81
Christian,nfd3392.41.80----+339
Hinduism2912.10.62712.00.2+20
Uniting Church2041.53.42672.03.7-63
Baptist1431.00.71861.41.2-43
Presbyterian and Reformed1100.81.81461.12.4-36
Show all (27 entries)
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 West Precinct in 2021 compared to Lower Plenty shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion as well as a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 50.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 40.9% said they had no religion, compared with 51.9% and 42.7% respectively for Lower Plenty.

The largest single religion in West Precinct was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.7% of the population or 2,474 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of West Precinct and Lower Plenty were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Islam (10.8% compared to 0.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (17.7% compared to 26.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (4.3% compared to 8.8%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Uniting Church (1.5% compared to 3.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in West Precinct between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Christian,nfd (+339 persons)
  • Anglican (-285 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (-131 persons)
  • Greek Orthodox (+86 persons)

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