43.6% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Banyule · Council (LGA)
Religion in Banyule
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people reporting no faith has transformed the spiritual landscape of Banyule, with that group growing by 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift means nearly 44% of the local population now identify as non-religious, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 44.5% of people identify as Christians, those with no religion make up 43.6% of the area. Other faiths include Islam (2.4%), Buddhism (1.9%) and Hinduism (1.8%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Banyule splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 24.8%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Orthodox 4.7%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 43.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Banyule [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20660/banyule/topic/religion