57.2% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kensington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Kensington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Kensington now report having no religion, making it one of the least religious areas in the region. This shift is striking, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 57.2%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is far more likely to have no religion than those in Victoria or across Australia, where the national figure is 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (27.1%), followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (4.1%), Muslims (3.8%), and Hindus (1.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kensington, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 27%.
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- No religion 56.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Anglican 3.5%
- Other Christian 2.3%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041121/kensington/topic/religion