40.4% ▲ +54.5%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murrumbeena · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Murrumbeena
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is clear in Murrumbeena, where 40.4% of people now report having no religion. This represents a significant change in the local landscape, as the number of non-religious residents has climbed by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.1%, while 40.4% of people identify with no religion, a figure slightly above the national rate of 38.9%. Other groups include Hinduism at 5.7%, Judaism at 3.5%, and Buddhism at 2.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Murrumbeena splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (40%), with Hinduism at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Orthodox 8.6%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 39.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Murrumbeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021181/murrumbeena/topic/religion