51.1% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melbourne - Inner · Region (SA4)
Religion in Melbourne - Inner
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people here identify as having no religion than in most similar areas, with 51.1% of residents in Melbourne - Inner reporting no faith. This shift has been rapid, as the number of people with no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the population (51.1%) reports no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 31.0%, followed by Buddhism at 3.2%, Islam at 2.8%, and Hinduism at 2.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melbourne - Inner, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 31%.
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- No religion 50.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.3%
- Orthodox 4.4%
- Anglican 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Melbourne - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/206/melbourne-inner/topic/religion