Agama di Australia
Agama di Australia beragam. Konstitusi Australia tahun 1901 melarang pemerintahan Persemakmuran mendirikan sebuah gereja atau mengganggu kebebasan beragama;[note 1] namun, populasi Australia umumnya beragama Kristen. Dalam sebuah pertanyaan opsional pada Sensus 2011, 61.1% populasi Australia mendeklarasikan diri berasal dari berbagai aliran Kekristenan. Dalam sejarah, persentasenya jauh lebih tinggi dan lanskap keagamaan di Australia berubah-ubah dan beragam.[2] Selain itu pada 2011, 22.3% dari populasi Australia menyatakan diri "tak beragama" dan 8.6% memilih tidak menjawab pertanyaan tersebut.[2] Sisa populasinya merupakan kelompok yang beragam yang meliputi Buddha (2.5%), Muslim (2.2%), Hindu (1.3%) dan Yahudi (0.5%).[2].
Kekristenan di Australia
Kekristenan di Australia selalu mengalami perubahan setiap tahunnya. Dari data sensus penduduk Australia tahun 2006 ke tahun 2011, tren perkembangan agama Kristen cenderung menurun. Tahun 2006, penduduk yang mengidentifikasikan dirinya sebagai Kristen adalah 63.9%, tetapi pada tahun 2011 turun menjadi 61.1%[3]. Dan Sensus terbaru tahun 2016 yang dipublikasikan pada tanggal 27 Juni 2017, penganut agama Kristen turun drastis ke 52.1%[4]
Gereja | Jumlah Jemaat |
2016 (%) |
Jumlah Jemaat |
2011 (%) |
Jumlah Jemaat |
2006 (%) |
Perubahan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katolik Roma | 5.291.800 | 22.6 | 5.397.181 | 25.1 | 5.079.505 | 25.6 | + 317.676 |
Anglikan | 3.101.200 | 13.3 | 3.679.688 | 17.1 | 3.711.384 | 18.7 | - 31.696 |
Uniting Church | 870.200 | 3.7 | 1.065.749 | 5.0 | 1.133.679 | 5.7 | - 67.930 |
Presbiterian dan Reformed | 526.700 | 2.3 | 599.489 | 2.8 | 595.510 | 3.0 | + 3.979 |
Kristen Independen | 470.898 | 2.2 | 312.211 | 1.6 | + 158.687 | ||
Ortodoks Yunani | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 383.390 | 1.8 | 374.321 | 1.9 | + 9.069 |
Gereja Baptis | 345.100 | 1.5 | 352.482 | 1.6 | 316.150 | 1.6 | + 36.332 |
Lutheran | 174.00 | 0.7 | 251.928 | 1.2 | 250.660 | 1.3 | + 1.268 |
Pentakosta | 260.600 | 1.1 | 237.991 | 1.1 | 219.266 | 1.1 | + 18.726 |
Saksi Yahova | 0.4 | 82.5 | 85.637 | 0.4 | 80.732 | 0.4 | + 4.905 |
Ortodoks Timur | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 63.546 | 0.3 | 61.506 | 0.3 | +2.040 |
Advent | 62.900 | 0.3 | 62.995 | 0.3 | 55.125 | 0.3 | +7.870 |
Protestan Lainnya | 60.220 | 0.3 | 55.978 | 0.3 | +4.242 | ||
Bala Keselamatan | 48.90 | 0.2 | 60.160 | 0.3 | 64.065 | 0.3 | - 3.905 |
Mormon | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 59.767 | 0.3 | 52.954 | 0.3 | + 6.813 |
Ortodoks Makedonia | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 52.056 | 0.2 | 48.057 | 0.2 | + 3.999 |
Churches of Christ | 39.60 | 0.2 | 49.689 | 0.2 | 54.724 | 0.3 | - 5.035 |
Ortodoks Serbia | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 41.835 | 0.2 | 39.940 | 0.2 | + 1.895 |
Maronite | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 30.660 | 0.1 | 29.060 | 0.1 | + 1.600 |
Koptik | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 24.695 | 0.1 | 19.910 | 0.1 | + 4.785 |
Ortodoks Rusia | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 22.251 | 0.1 | 19.945 | 0.1 | + 2.306 |
Kristen Lainnya | 833.500 | 3.6 | 27.019 | 0.1 | 23.827 | 0.1 | + 3.192 |
Brethren | Masuk ke | Kristen Lainnya | 21.733 | 0.1 | 24.209 | 0.1 | - 2.476 |
TOTAL | 12.201.600 | 52.1 | 13.150.078 | 61.1 | 12.664.574 | 63.9 | + 485.531 |
Non Kristen | |||||||
Atheisme | 7.040.700 | 30.1 | 4.796.432 | 22.3 | 3.695.707 | 18.7 | + 1.100.725 |
Tanpa Berafiliasi | 2.345.500 | 10 | 1.838.740 | 8.6 | 2.216.636 | 11.2 | - 377.896 |
Buddha | 563.700 | 2.4 | 528.621 | 2.5 | 417.944 | 2.1 | + 110.677 |
Islam | 604.200 | 2.6 | 475.562 | 2.2 | 339.879 | 1.7 | + 135.683 |
Hindu | 440.300 | 1.9 | 275.521 | 1.3 | 147.841 | 0.7 | + 127.680 |
Yahudi | 91.000 | 0.4 | 97.332 | 0.5 | 88.695 | 0.4 | + 8.637 |
Sikh | 125.900 | 0.5 | 72.296 | 0.3 | 26.396 | 0.1 | + 45.900 |
Lainnya | 95.700 | 0.4 | 24.404 | 0.1 | 19.884 | 0.1 | + 4.520 |
TOTAL | 23.401.400 | 100 | 21.504.689 | 100 | 19.812.999 | 100 | + 1.691.690 |
Agama Berdasarkan Wilayah di Australia (2011)[5]
Agama berdasarkan wilayah di Australia adalah hasil sensus tahun 2011[6]. Data dari tahun 2006 ke tahun 2011 mengalami perubahan yang cukup signifikan.
Wilayah | Jumlah Penduduk |
Kristen % |
Atheisme % |
Tanpa Berafiliasi % |
Buddha % |
Islam % |
Hindu % |
Yahudi % |
Sikh % |
Lainnya % |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New South Wales | 6.917.615 | 64.5 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
Viktoria | 5.354.031 | 57.5 | 24.0 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 100% |
Queensland | 4.332.747 | 64.3 | 22.1 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | 100% |
South Australia | 1.596.588 | 57.3 | 28.1 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | - | 0.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
Western Australia | 2.239.190 | 58.1 | 25.5 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 Baha'i 0.1 |
100% |
Tasmania | 495.354 | 59.6 | 28.6 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | - | - | Paganisme 0.1 | 100% |
Northern Territory | 211.966 | 55.5 | 23.9 | 14.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | - | 0.1 | Folk Aborigin 1.3 Lainnya 0.1 |
100% |
Australian Capital Territory | 357.198 | 55.2 | 28.9 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Paganisme 0.1 | 100% |
Total | 21.504.689 | 61.1 | 22.3 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
Agama di beberapa kota besar di Australia
Agama di beberapa kota besar di Australia menunjukkan keberagaman keyakinan khususnya di kota-kota besar di Australia berdasarkan Sensus 2011 Dan 2016
2011
Wilayah | Jumlah Penduduk |
Kristen % |
Atheisme % |
Tanpa Berafiliasi % |
Buddha % |
Islam % |
Hindu % |
Yahudi % |
Sikh % |
Lainnya % |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sydney | 4.391.634 | 60.9 | 17.6 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 100% |
Melbourne | 3.999.958 | 55.5 | 23.5 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
Brisbane | 2.066.003 | 62.8 | 22.8 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | - | 100% |
Catatan
- ^ Section 116 states that "The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth."
Referensi
- ^ "Cencus of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories of the Cencus, 2016"
- ^ a b c Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag
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- ^ http://profile.id.com.au/australia/religion
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories from the Cencus, 2016
- ^ http://profile.id.com.au/australia/religion
- ^ http://profile.id.com.au/australia/religion
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