35.8% ▲ +54.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Monash · Council (LGA)
Religion in Monash
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 13 percentage points in people claiming no religion since 2011 marks a significant shift for Monash. While this trend is rising, the area remains more religious than the state and national averages, with 39.3% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 39.3%, followed by Hinduism at 7.5% and Buddhism at 7.2%. Those with no religion make up 35.8% of the population, which is well below the Victorian figure of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Monash splits fairly evenly between Christianity (39%) and No religion (36%), with Hinduism at 7%.
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Orthodox 7.8%
- Anglican 4.3%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 35.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24970/monash/topic/religion