42.6% ▲ +97.8%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Molendinar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Molendinar
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in belief has occurred in Molendinar, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 21 percentage points since 2011. Now, 42.6% of the community says they have no religious affiliation, making it a place where those with no faith are almost as common as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 43.2%, while those with no religion make up 42.6% of the area, a figure well above the national average. Other faiths include Buddhism at 2.4%, Hinduism at 1.9%, and Islam at 1.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Molendinar splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 20.1%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 7.0%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 42.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- 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 Molendinar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309091264/molendinar/topic/religion