Facts

POPULATION INFORMATION 2006 CENSUS

Population	3,764,070
Catholics	1,063,089
Catholic Families	375,870
Median Age	37 years

27.2% speak a language other than English at home.

24.7% of Catholics were born in non-English speaking countries and arrived in 2006 or the previous 3 years.

PARISHES AND SACRAMENTS IN 2011

Parishes

219

Baptisms	13,586
First Eucharist	10,604
Confirmations	10,606
Weddings	2,805
Funerals	4,866

MASSES AND MASS ATTENDANCE IN 2011

Masses celebrated in the Archdiocese of Melbourne are offered in the following languages: English, Malayalam, Maltese, Indonesian, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Chaldean, Cantonese/Mandarin, Spanish, Korean, Coptic, Vietnamese, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Filipino, German, Portuguese, Armenian, Hungarian, Albanian, Arabic, Tamil and Samoan.

Attendance at Sunday Mass in English	137,800
Attendance at Sunday Mass in Italian	6,240
Attendance at Sunday Mass in Vietnamese	5,190
Attendance at Sunday Mass in Polish	1,900
Attendance at Sunday Mass in Croatian	1,190
Attendance at Sunday Mass in other languages	2,230

CATHOLIC EDUCATION

Primary Schools	256
Enrolments	75,302

Secondary Schools	66
Enrolments	69,172

Special Schools	5
Enrolments	185

Teaching Staff	11,962 persons
Non-teaching Staff	4,458 persons

SEMINARIES

Diocesan – Corpus Christi College, Regional Seminary for Victoria and Tasmania, Carlton
Missionaries of God’s Love – Melbourne House of Studies, Burwood
Oblates of Mary Immaculate – St Mary’s Seminary, Mulgrave
Divine Word Missionaries – Dorish Maru College, Box Hill
Salesians of Don Bosco – Salesian Theological College
Dominican Friars – St Dominic’s Priory
Carmelites Provincial Centre, Middle Park
Order of Cistercians, Yarra Glen
OFM Conventuals, St Joseph’s Priory, Dingley
Redemptorists House of Studies, Kew
Jesuit Theological College, Parkville

CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Australian Catholic University
Catholic Theological College (MCD University of Divinity)
John Paul II Institute for Marriage & Family
Yarra Theological Union (MCD University of Divinity)
Jesuit Theological College

CATHOLIC TERTIARY RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES

Newman College, University of Melbourne
St Mary’s College, University of Melbourne
Mannix College, Monash University

CATHOLIC WELFARE AGENCIES

Catholic organisations provide welfare and community support services in the following areas:

Accommodation and support for adults and youth	Indigenous support
Adoption and permanent/foster care	Loss and grief counselling and peer support
Aged care and support	Marriage and relationship education
Chaplaincy Services: prison, HIV/AIDS, mental health and youth welfare	Material assistance
Child support, including out of home care	Mental Health
Disability care and support	Parenting education and support
Drought counselling and relief	Pregnancy counselling
Drug and alcohol counselling and support	Refugee and settlement
Employment	Respite care and accommodation
Employee assistance	School counselling
Family and relationship counselling and relief	Support for prisoners’ families
Family support case management	Women’s support programs
Hearing impaired	Youth justice
Homelessness support	Youth support