41.6% ▲ +78.7%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Aston · Federal Electorate
Religion in Aston
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift towards secularism defines Aston, where the number of people reporting no religion has jumped 18 percentage points since 2011. Today, this group makes up 41.6% of the population. Christianity remains the most common faith at 42.7%, though the gap between the two is now very small.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Around 41.6% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 4.3%, Hinduism at 3.6%, and Islam at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Aston splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 18.8%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Orthodox 2.9%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
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- No religion 41.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Aston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED201/aston/topic/religion