45.8% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maroondah · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Maroondah
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Maroondah report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are now more common than any single faith. This shift is a major part of local life, with those claiming no religion growing by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 45.8%, the share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is the most common response, followed by Christianity at 43.1%, while Buddhism (2.2%) and Hinduism (1.9%) are also present.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Maroondah splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 45.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Baptist 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.5%
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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21103/maroondah/topic/religion