49.1% ▲ +75.8%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Martha · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Mount Martha
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of residents in Mount Martha now report having no religion, a figure far higher than the national average. This shift is part of a major trend toward secularism in the area, with the number of people without a faith jumping 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 44.5% of people identify as Christian, the most common group is those with no religion at 49.1%. This is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and far above the Australian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mount Martha splits fairly evenly between No religion (49%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 48.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.1%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Mount Martha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021382/mount-martha/topic/religion