26.6% ▲ +83.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Matraville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Matraville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a significant role in daily life for most people in Matraville. More than half the population identifies with a religion, which is much more common than in other similar areas. This stands in contrast to the national trend of growing secularism.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 58.2%, while 3.5% of people identify as Jewish. Those reporting no religion make up 26.6% of the population, a figure that is far below the national average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Matraville, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 27%.
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- Catholic 36.1%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Orthodox 6.2%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 26.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Matraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12534/matraville/topic/religion