39.9% ▲ +94.4%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Menzies · Federal Electorate
Religion in Menzies
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 40% of people in Menzies now report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the spiritual landscape of the area. This rise in secularism is the most striking change here, with the number of people identifying as non-religious nearly doubling over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 43.8%, while 39.9% of residents have no religion, which is about the same as the Victorian figure. This non-religious group has grown by 19 percentage points since 2011, and other faiths include Buddhism at 4.6%, Islam at 2.9%, and Hinduism at 2.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Menzies splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 18.8%
- Orthodox 7.5%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 39.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Menzies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED234/menzies/topic/religion