40.8% ▲ +73.2%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melville · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Melville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Melville identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While Christianity remains the largest affiliation, the number of residents reporting no religion has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.4%, though people with no religion now make up 40.8% of the population. This last group rose 17 percentage points since 2011, leaving it a little above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melville, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 40.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50704/melville/topic/religion