40.8% ▲ +72.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melville · Council (LGA)
Religion in Melville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 41% of people in Melville now report having no religion, marking a sharp increase from a decade ago. This shift makes it one of the fastest-growing trends in the area, where non-religious views are now slightly more common than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.4% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion have risen by 17 percentage points since 2011 to reach 40.8%. Other faiths include Buddhism at 2.7%, Hinduism at 1.6%, and Islam at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melville, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 23.6%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 40.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55320/melville/topic/religion