31.3% ▲ +153.1%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hume · Federal Electorate
Religion in Hume
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Hume compared to the national average, though this group is growing. While 59.2% of residents identify as Christians, the number of people with no religious affiliation has jumped significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 31.3% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 38.9%. This group has still grown quickly, rising 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hume, Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 28.3%
- Anglican 19.9%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 31.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED120/hume/topic/religion