56.2% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alphington · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Alphington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Alphington, at 56.2%, report having no religion. This represents a far higher proportion than the typical Australian area, marking the suburb as a strongly secular community. While a third of residents still identify as Christians, the shift away from formal faith is the defining trend here.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 56.2%, which is 17 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and national figures. Other affiliations include Christianity at 33.6%, Buddhism at 1.7%, and Hinduism at 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Alphington, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 34%.
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- No religion 55.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Orthodox 6.0%
- Anglican 4.4%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Alphington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20034/alphington/topic/religion