45.2% ▲ +61.3%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Boroondara · Council (LGA)
Religion in Boroondara
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of all residents in Boroondara now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade. This shift has made the area much more secular than the national average, with 45.2% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 17 percentage points since 2011 to reach 45.2%, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other main groups include Christians at 41.5%, Buddhists at 3.3%, Hindus at 2.6%, and Muslims at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Boroondara splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 44.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Orthodox 4.7%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Boroondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21110/boroondara/topic/religion