Pastoral Research Online  

The first edition of Pastoral Research Online, the newsletter of the ACBC Pastoral Research Office, was published in April 2013.

Future editions will be added each month

Please click on the link below to access this month's bulletin.

Pastoral Research Online Issue 2 - May 2013 

National Catholic Census Project - Catholics in the 2011 Census 

Australia's most recent Census was held on the night of 9 August 2011. As in earlier censuses, this office is in the process of acquiring significant amounts of data about Catholics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

We have already produced a number of national and state level reports of 2011 data on the Catholic population. These reports can be accessed by clicking the links below.

We have now started our analysis of parish and diocesan level data.  Our first two reports based on 2011 data on the Catholic population, one containing population by parish and the other population by diocese, can be accessed by clicking the links below. 

More reports will be added in the coming weeks. Comprehensive reports for all dioceses and parishes will be available shortly.

• The Australian Population by Diocese and Religion: 2011 Census NEW!
• A Profile of the Catholic Community in Australia - March 2013 NEW!
• Diocese by total and Catholic population: 2011 Census Report
• Parish by total and Catholic population: 2011 Census Report (PLEASE NOTE: The Parish File is 51 pages long! Please use caution before you press "Print")

 Catholic organisations can also obtain the Excel file on which these pdf's are based. Please contact us for further info.

Please click on the links below to access the national and state level reports:

• Issue 21: First parish results from the 2011 Australian Census - 1 March 2013 NEW!

• Issue 20: First Diocesan results from the 2011 National Census - 22 February 2013
• Issue 19: Who goes to Mass? - First results from the 2011 NCLS (Pt 2) - 14 December 2012
• Issue 18: Who goes to Mass? - First results from the 2011 NCLS - 2 December 2012
• Issue 17: Residential mobility of Catholics - 29 November 2012
• Issue 16: Educational qualifications of Catholics - 22 November 2012
• Issue 15 : Occupations and Industry of Employment of Catholics - 8 November 2012
• Issue 14: Catholic Families - 1 November 2012
• Issue 13: Changes over time in the Catholic population - 25 October 2012
• Issue 12: Core activity need for assistance and Caring - 18 October 2012
• Issue 11: Recent Arrivals - 11 October 2012
• Issue 10: Languages spoken at home & facility in English - 4 October 2012
• Issue 9: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Catholics - 27 September 2012
• Issue 8: Marital Status of the Catholic Population - 20 September 2012
• Issue 7: Age and Sex Profile of Catholics - 13 September 2012
• Issue 6: Catholics Living Alone  - 6 September 2012
• Issue 5: Catholic Households - 31 August 2012
• Issue 4: Ethnicity of Students Attending Catholic Schools - 24 Aug 2012
• Issue 3: Students Attending Catholic Schools - 17 Aug 2012
• Issue 2: The 2011 Catholic Population: A Multicultural Marvel!  - 10 Aug 2012
• Issue 1: The Catholic Population: A 2011 census Snapshot - 3 Aug 2012