35.7% ▲ +54.2%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Monash · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Monash
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Monash identify as having no religion compared to most similar areas. While Christianity is the most common faith at 39%, the area has seen a steady shift toward secularism with the number of non-religious residents climbing 13 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 35.7% of people report no religion, which is well below the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Hindus at 7.5%, Buddhists at 7.4%, and Muslims at 2.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Monash splits fairly evenly between Christianity (39%) and No religion (36%), with Hinduism at 8%.
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Orthodox 7.6%
- Anglican 4.3%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 35.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21205/monash/topic/religion