45.0% ▲ +71.3%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greensborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Greensborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Greensborough, where 47% of people identify as Christian. However, the area has seen a very sharp shift in beliefs, with those reporting no religion now making up nearly half the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45% of residents have no religion, a figure that is well above the national 38.9% and has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011. Other faith groups are small, with Buddhism at 1.2%, Hinduism at 1.1%, and Islam at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greensborough splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 7.6%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Orthodox 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011197/greensborough/topic/religion