32.5% ▲ +69.4%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Templestowe Lower · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Templestowe Lower
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Templestowe Lower identify with a faith, making it more religious than most other areas. While the number of people claiming no religion has risen to 32.5%, this remains well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 53%, followed by Buddhism at 3.6%, Islam at 3.1%, and Hinduism at 1.8%. The proportion of residents with no religion is much lower than in most other areas, though it has climbed 13 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Templestowe Lower, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 23.1%
- Orthodox 13.2%
- Anglican 5.6%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 32.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Templestowe Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207021160/templestowe-lower/topic/religion