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The changing composition of the Catholic Church in Australia:

Implications for Catholic social services

Bob Dixon 14 May 2013

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Pastoral Research Office

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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?

• 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

Today: a quick look at:

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.

8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000

0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 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 and over Number of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Catholics

Male Female

220,000 165,000 110,000 55,000 55,000 110,000 165,000 220,000

0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 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 and over Number of Catholics

Catholic population 2011

Age-sex profile

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

Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.

20 40 60 80 100 Malta Croatia and

• ther former

Yugoslavia Italy Poland South Africa Indonesia Iraq Korea, Republic

• f (South)

Sudan

Age profile of Catholics

(from selected countries of birth)

Source: ABS 2011 Census – data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Italy Poland Philippines Iraq Sudan All Catholics 0-19 20-39 40 - 59 60 and over

Country of birth

Melbourne parishes with more than 4,000 Catholics born in Non-English Speaking Countries

Parish Born in NESC % born 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 Geelong Chelsea Elwood/St Kilda West Seaford Mildura Croydon Laverton Mill Park Noble Park Wodonga Cranbourne St Kilda East Port Melbourne/Middle Park Mornington Narre Warren South Yarra Frankston

Parishes with highest numbers of …

Single parent families (parent Catholic) Mill Park Werribee Narre Warren Craigieburn Cranbourne Kings Park Laverton Seaford Melton Gladstone Park Sunbury Hoppers Crossing North Keilor Downs/Kealba Croydon Corio-Lara Wodonga Caroline Springs

Photo: Bob Dixon

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 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 languages other than English 60,000 + % born overseas 41 % born in non-English speaking countries 33

Mass attendance – an overview (2011)

Source: ACBC National Count of Attendance 2011 & National Church Life Survey 2011.

Age Profile of Mass Attenders 1996 – 2011

(Australia)

Source: Catholic Church Life Survey 1996 and National Church Life Survey 2001, 2006 & 2011

2 4 6 8 10 12

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+

Percentage of attenders Age

1996 2001 2006 2011

Attendance rates by age 2006

(Australia)

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census; 2006 National Church Life Survey & 2006 National Count of Attendance. Prepared by the ACBC Pastoral Projects Office

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0-14 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 (Years) Per cent of all Catholics Mass attenders Non-attenders

Country Per cent of all 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

Major Countries of Birth of Mass attenders

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

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 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+

Percentage Age groups

Source of data: National Church Life Survey 2006.

Photo: Bob Dixon

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.

Number of priests & religious, 1966 & 2012

1966 [1] 2012 [2] Diocesan priests 2,389 1,930 Religious order priests 1,397 1,174 Religious sisters 13,720 5,279 Religious brothers 2234 866 Permanent deacons

• 121

[1] The official year book of the Catholic Church of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania 1966-1967 [2] The official directory of the Catholic Church in Australia July 2012 – June 2013

• NB. In 2011, 27% of the diocesan priests (511) were retired.

5 10 15 20 25 30

Under 25 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80 or over

Religious sisters: Age profile 1976

5 10 15 20 25 30

Under 25 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80 or over

Religious sisters: Age profile 2009

Birthplace Total religious Percent Arrived in Australia as members of congregation Came to Australia in

• rder to join

congregation Percent of all Catholics born in Country (2006) Australia 5,622 75.0

• 74.7

China 26 0.3 20 0.2 Croatia 20 0.3 11 0.9 Germany 59 0.8 46 2 0.6 India 77 1.0 45 0.7 Indonesia 25 0.3 20 0.3 Ireland (incl. Nth Ireland) 435 5.8 93 176 0.8 Italy 90 1.2 39 2 3.6 Malta 74 1.0 50 1 0.8 Netherlands 43 0.6 7 2 0.5 New Zealand 174 2.3 32 35 1.2 Papua New Guinea 62 0.8 5 9 0.2 Philippines 89 1.2 38 2 1.9 Poland 54 0.7 56 0.8 Western Samoa 53 0.7 21 22 0.1 Solomon Islands 53 0.7 5 0.0 United Kingdom (excl. Nth Ireland) 86 1.1 26 2 2.5 USA 38 0.5 20 2 0.4 Viet Nam 125 1.7 52 12 0.7 …Other countries (57) * 289 3.9 123 45 9.5 Total 7,494 100.0 704 317 100.0 * Each of these countries of birth had fewer than 20 religious.

Source: Survey of Catholic Religious Institutes in Australia, 2009 and ABS Census 2006 (data obtained as part of the National Catholic Census Project).

Birthplaces of Catholic religious

Photo: Bob Dixon

Comparisons with other churches www.ncls.org.au

Frequent (monthly) church attendance, 1950 to 2009

44 41 41 34 36 29 28 25 25 25 20 19 15 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 1950 1960 1961 1967 1972 1976 1979 1980 1983/4 1990 1998 2003 2009

Source: Various social surveys of the Australian population.

Frequent (monthly) church attendance by denomination, 1960 to 2009

40 48 42 50 50 26 17 14 16 10 21 14 14 17 17 13 21 30 17 23 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1960 1983 1998 2002 2009 Year Percentage of Australian population Catholic Anglican Methodist/Presbyterian/Uniting Other Christian

Sources: 1960 Morgan Gallup Poll, 1983 Australian Values Study, 1998 Australian Community Survey, 2002 Wellbeing and Security Survey, 2009 International Social Science Programme.

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