50.0% ▲ +64.8%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mitcham · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mitcham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Half of the population in Mitcham now reports having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area, as the number of people without a faith has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident here is now more likely to have no religion (50%) than any specific faith, a figure far above the Australian average. This represents a 20 point rise since 2011, while those identifying with Christianity make up 40.8% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mitcham, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (4%).
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- No religion 49.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.8%
- Anglican 8.7%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Orthodox 3.4%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44340/mitcham/topic/religion