37.5% ▲ +69.4%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Essendon · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Essendon
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and belief are diverse in Essendon, where nearly half the population identifies as Christian. While most residents still hold a religious affiliation, the number of people claiming no religion has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.8%, followed by those with no religion at 37.5%. This last group is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia, though it has grown significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Essendon, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 31.2%
- Orthodox 4.9%
- Anglican 4.4%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 36.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Essendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20603/essendon/topic/religion