37.3% —
Lower than 62% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greater Melbourne · Capital City
Religion in Greater Melbourne
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly lower share of residents in Greater Melbourne claim no religion compared to the state and national figures. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 40.1%, there is a growing shift toward secularism. This is reflected in the number of people reporting no religion, which rose by 5.9 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 37.3% of people here have no religion, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other common faiths include Islam at 5.3%, Hinduism at 4.1%, and Buddhism at 3.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greater Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Christianity (40%) and No religion (37%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Orthodox 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 36.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.7%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Greater Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/2GMEL/greater-melbourne/topic/religion