Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Pastoral Research Office The changing composition of the Catholic Church in Australia: Implications for Catholic social services Bob Dixon 14 May 2013
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The Catholic Community in Australia: who are we? How many Catholics are there in Australia? What proportion of the Australian population is Catholic? Is the Catholic population still growing? What are the main countries of birth of overseas-born Catholics? What are the main languages other than English spoken by Catholics at home? What proportion of Catholic students attend Catholic schools? What proportion of Catholics go to Mass each week? Why do people say they go to Mass? Why do people say they stop going to Mass? What percentage of religious sisters are over 80 years of age?
Today: a quick look at: • The Catholic population in Australia: - a primary “client group” for CSS • Mass attending Catholics: - a primary “support group” for CSS • Catholic clergy and religious: - a (once) primary “workforce” for CSS • The situation in other churches
Catholic communities The Catholic population
The religion question on the 2011 Census form…
The Catholic Community in Australia: An overview “Snapshot” taken on Tuesday, 9 August 2011: Australian population 21,507,719 Catholic population 5,439,268 % Catholic 25.3 Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
The Catholic Community in Australia: An overview “Snapshot” taken on Tuesday, 9 August 2011: Of the 5.4 million Catholics … Aboriginal & TSI Catholics 124, 618 (2.3%) % born overseas 23.6 % born in NESC 17.9 % speaking LOTE 19.0 All figures except ‘Australian population’ apply to Catholics only NESC: Non-English Speaking Countries. LOTE: Language Other Than English Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Catholic population 2011 Age-sex profile 80 and over 80 and over 75 - 79 75 - 79 70 - 74 70 - 74 65 - 69 65 - 69 60 - 64 60 - 64 55 - 59 55 - 59 50 - 54 50 - 54 45 - 49 45 - 49 40 - 44 40 - 44 35 - 39 35 - 39 30 - 34 30 - 34 25 - 29 25 - 29 20 - 24 20 - 24 15 - 19 15 - 19 10 - 14 10 - 14 5 - 9 5 - 9 0 - 4 0 - 4 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 220,000 165,000 110,000 55,000 0 55,000 110,000 165,000 220,000 Number of Catholics Number of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Catholics Male Female Male Female Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Major countries of birth of Catholics Australia 4,065,104 Italy 168,801 United Kingdom (excluding N. Ireland) 137,209 Philippines 134,655 New Zealand 73,145 South and Central America 67,471 Ireland (Including Northern Ireland) 56,309 India 48,209 Croatia and other Former Yugoslavia 49,197 Vietnam 39,892 Malta 37,816 Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Major countries of birth of Catholics Percentage arriving before 2001 100 80 60 40 20 0 Malta Croatia and Italy Poland South Africa Indonesia Iraq Korea, Republic Sudan other former of (South) Yugoslavia Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Age profile of Catholics (from selected countries of birth) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Italy Poland Philippines Iraq Sudan All Catholics 0-19 20-39 40 - 59 60 and over Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Country of birth Melbourne parishes with more than 4,000 Catholics born in Non-English Speaking Countries Born in % born Parish NESC NESC Main countries of birth Craigieburn 6,702 34.0 Iraq, Philippines, Italy, India, Sri Lanka Kings Park 6,587 44.7 Philippines, Malta, Vietnam, Croatia Mill Park 5,444 23.7 Malta, Philippines Hampton Park 5,090 47.5 India, Philippines, Mauritius, Sri Lanka Laverton 5,080 26.9 Philippines, Malta, Italy, Croatia Keilor Downs/Kealba 4,553 34.2 Malta, Italy, Croatia, Vietnam Deer Park 4,404 44.0 Philippines, Malta, Vietnam, Italy, Springvale 4,240 45.0 Vietnam, Italy, India, Sri Lanka Gladstone Park 4,143 26.7 Italy, Malta Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Main languages other than English spoken at home by Catholics (Victoria 2011) Language Catholics Italian 112,945 Filipino Languages 25,367 Vietnamese 23,334 Croatian 20,044 Spanish 18,490 Maltese 17,309 Arabic 13,336 Polish 12,901 Chinese Languages 12,309 French 8,611 Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.
Selected data about Catholics available from the Census (Victoria 2011) Catholic population 1,428,757 Families (at least one person Catholic) 515,873 Single parent families 61,678 Families with low income (< $42,000 pa) 97,132 Aged 70+ 151,048 Widowed 68,975 Living alone 107,134 Unemployed 33,622 In need of assistance with core activities 75,059 Recently arrived (since 2008) 35,418 Not speaking English well 47,790 Households renting (at least one person Catholic) 142,864
Parishes with highest numbers of … Catholics aged 35+ living alone Werribee Noble Park Geelong Wodonga Chelsea Cranbourne Elwood/St Kilda West St Kilda East Seaford Port Melbourne/Middle Park Mildura Mornington Croydon Narre Warren Laverton South Yarra Mill Park Frankston
Parishes with highest numbers of … Single parent families (parent Catholic) Mill Park Gladstone Park Werribee Sunbury Narre Warren Hoppers Crossing North Craigieburn Keilor Downs/Kealba Cranbourne Croydon Kings Park Corio-Lara Laverton Wodonga Seaford Melton Caroline Springs
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Catholic communities Mass attending Catholics
National Count of Attendance (Australia) 2011 680,000 2006 708,648 2001 764,310 1996 864,000 (estimate) Source: ACBC National Count of Attendance 2006 & 2001. 1996 estimates based on incomplete diocesan counts
Mass attendance – an overview (2011) Mass attenders (average weekly) 680,000 Attendance rate (per cent of all Catholics) 12.5% Number of different languages used in celebration of Mass each week (other than English) 30 + Average weekly attendance at Masses in 60,000 + languages other than English % born overseas 41 % born in non-English speaking countries 33 Source: ACBC National Count of Attendance 2011 & National Church Life Survey 2011.
Age Profile of Mass Attenders 1996 – 2011 (Australia) 12 10 Percentage of attenders 8 6 4 2 0 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80+ Age 1996 2001 2006 2011 Source: Catholic Church Life Survey 1996 and National Church Life Survey 2001, 2006 & 2011
Attendance rates by age 2006 (Australia) Age groups (Years) 80+ 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 0-14 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Per cent of all Catholics Mass attenders Non-attenders Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census; 2006 National Church Life Survey & 2006 National Count of Attendance. Prepared by the ACBC Pastoral Projects Office
Major Countries of Birth of Mass attenders Per cent of all Country attenders Australia 57.2 India & Sri Lanka 7.1 Philippines 6.8 Great Britain 3.3 Italy 2.9 Malta 1.7 Ireland (incl Northern Ireland) 1.7 Vietnam 1.6 New Zealand 1.0 Pacific Islands 0.9 Source of data: National Church Life Survey 2011.
Languages in which Mass is regularly celebrated (2006) Arabic Indonesian Samoan Burmese Italian Slovak Chaldean Korean Slovenian Chinese Languages Kukatja Spanish Croatian Latin Sudanese Arabic Czech Lithuanian Syro-Malabar English Malayalam Tamil Fijian Maltese Tokelauan Filipino Languages Polish Ukrainian French Portuguese Vietnamese German Romanian Walmajarri Source: ACBC National Count of Attendance 2006.
“ It is a sin to miss Mass on Sundays ” Agree or Strongly Agree 80 70 60 50 Percentage 40 30 20 10 0 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80+ Age groups Source of data: National Church Life Survey 2006.
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Catholic communities Catholic clergy and religious
Australian religious: 1948-2010 Source: The official directory of the Catholic Church in Australia – annual or biennial editions from 1948 to 2010.
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