55.4% ▲ +60.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Eltham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Eltham (NSW) reports having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This creates a striking gap compared to the rest of the state and the country, where a much higher proportion of people still identify with a faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 55.4% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 33.1%, Islam at 2.1%, and Buddhism at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Eltham, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 33%.
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- No religion 54.1%
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- Catholic 12.1%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
- Other Christian 1.8%
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/religion