24.3% ▲ +75.0%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whittlesea · Council (LGA)
Religion in Whittlesea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Few people identify as having no religion in Whittlesea compared to similar areas. While this figure has risen to 24.3% over the last decade, the community remains much more religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.2%, followed by Islam at 9% and Hinduism at 6.2%. The share of people reporting no religion is far below the Victorian figure of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whittlesea, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (24%) and Islam (9%).
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- Catholic 24.7%
- Orthodox 9.9%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Anglican 3.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
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- No religion 24.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 3.7%
- 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27070/whittlesea/topic/religion