42.8% ▲ +62.3%
Higher than 62% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melbourne - Inner East · Region (SA4)
Religion in Melbourne - Inner East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Melbourne - Inner East report having no religion, reflecting a shift in how residents find meaning. This area is now more secular than most of the country, with the proportion of people without a faith jumping 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 42.8%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows closely at 41.5%, while Buddhism (4.4%), Hinduism (2.8%) and Islam (1.9%) also make up the local makeup.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Melbourne - Inner East splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 42.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.7%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Orthodox 6.0%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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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 Melbourne - Inner East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/207/melbourne-inner-east/topic/religion