49.6% ▲ +83.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Belmont
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Belmont identify as having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This shift makes the area stand out compared to most other regions in Victoria.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 50% of people report no religion, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Those who do have a religious affiliation most often identify with Christianity at 38.6%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Belmont, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 49.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20201/belmont/topic/religion