49.8% ▲ +65.9%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alexandra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Alexandra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Alexandra report having no religion, a figure that is far above the national average. This shift is striking as the number of people without a faith has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.8% of people here have no religion, which is much higher than most areas and 11 percentage points above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This group is the largest, followed by Christians at 40.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 49.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.8%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011054/alexandra/topic/religion