45.3% ▲ +125.6%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kooyong · Federal Electorate
Religion in Kooyong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive 25 percentage point surge in people reporting no religion has transformed the spiritual landscape of Kooyong since 2011. Now, 45.3% of residents identify as non-religious, making this a much more secular area than most other places in the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (45.3%) now has no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. This sits alongside a 41.3% Christian population, while smaller groups include Buddhists (3.4%), Hindus (2.6%) and Muslims (1.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Kooyong splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Orthodox 4.6%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED226/kooyong/topic/religion