19.3% ▲ +50.9%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hume · Council (LGA)
Religion in Hume
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Hume now report having no religion, though the area remains far more religious than the national average. Only 19.3% of residents identify as non-religious, which is much lower than the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 43.3%, followed by Islam at 18.9% and Hinduism at 4.8%. While the share of people with no religion rose 6.5 percentage points since 2011, this figure remains far below the 39.3% seen across Victoria.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is Christianity at 43%, followed by No religion (19%) and Islam (19%).
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- Catholic 27.5%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Anglican 3.5%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- No religion 19.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 4.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/religion