Bonnyrigg
Religion
In Bonnyrigg in 2016, the largest religious group was Buddhism (30.6% of all people), while 13.6% of people had no religion and 7.9% did not answer the question on religion.
Bonnyrigg'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.
Bonnyrigg'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
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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Bonnyrigg - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
Religion | Number | % | Fairfield West % | Number | % | Fairfield West % | 2011 to 2016 | |
Buddhism | 2,653 | 30.6 | 16.2 | 35008 | 2,666 | 33.6 | 18.1 | -14 |
Western (Roman) Catholic | 1,989 | 22.9 | 30.6 | 35044 | 2,042 | 25.8 | 34.8 | -53 |
Islam | 308 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 35017 | 325 | 4.1 | 4.3 | -18 |
Other Christian | 247 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 35027 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +239 |
Anglican | 244 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 35000 | 338 | 4.3 | 7.1 | -94 |
Serbian Orthodox | 190 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 35039 | 161 | 2.0 | 0.9 | +29 |
Assyrian Apostolic | 178 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 35003 | 121 | 1.5 | 4.4 | +56 |
Baptist | 114 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 35006 | 136 | 1.7 | 1.2 | -22 |
Other Eastern Catholic | 104 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 35028 | 58 | 0.7 | 1.8 | +46 |
Other Non-Christian Religions | 103 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 35031 | 53 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +50 |
Greek Orthodox | 100 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 35015 | 111 | 1.4 | 1.8 | -11 |
Hinduism | 75 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 35016 | 70 | 0.9 | 0.5 | +5 |
Jehova's Witnesses | 59 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 35018 | 58 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 |
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | 57 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 35020 | 53 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +4 |
Pentecostal | 53 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 35033 | 60 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -7 |
Presbyterian and Reformed | 51 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 35036 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.9 | +12 |
Macedonian Orthodox | 48 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 35022 | 46 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +2 |
Other Protestant | 47 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 35034 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +31 |
Uniting Church | 31 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 35043 | 53 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -22 |
Seventh Day Adventist | 29 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35040 | 36 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -8 |
Other Oriental Orthodox | 20 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35032 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 |
Russian Orthodox | 18 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 35037 | 27 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -10 |
Armenian Apostolic | 17 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35001 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +11 |
Churches of Christ | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 35013 | 8 | 0.1 | -- | +4 |
Coptic Orthodox | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 35014 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -9 |
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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.
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Bonnyrigg in 2016 compared to Fairfield West shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 78.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 13.6% said they had no religion, compared with 80.5% and 12.2% respectively for Fairfield West.
The largest single religion in Bonnyrigg was Buddhism, with 30.6% of the population or 2,653 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Bonnyrigg and Fairfield West were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Buddhism (30.6% compared to 16.2%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (22.9% compared to 30.6%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Assyrian Apostolic (2.1% compared to 5.0%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (3.6% compared to 5.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Bonnyrigg between 2011 and 2016 were for those who nominated:
- Other Christian (+239 persons)
- Anglican (-94 persons)
- Assyrian Apostolic (+56 persons)
- Western (Roman) Catholic (-53 persons)