41.9% ▲ +67.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Bentleigh
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Six per cent of people in Bentleigh identify as Jewish, which is a striking figure compared to most other Australian areas. This makes the suburb's religious makeup quite diverse, with no single faith dominating the local landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.9% of residents have no religion, a figure a little above the totals for both Victoria and Australia. This group is slightly larger than those identifying as Christian, who make up 40.0% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bentleigh splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (40%), with Judaism at 6%.
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- No religion 41.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Orthodox 7.0%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/religion