48.1% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canadian · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Canadian
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Canadian identifies as having no religion. This represents a much higher proportion of people without a faith compared to both Victoria and the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.1% of residents report no religion, which is well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. This group is the largest here, followed by Christians at 39.5% and smaller groups of Hindus, Muslims, and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Canadian, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 47.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.8%
- Anglican 5.9%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- 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 Canadian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20461/canadian/topic/religion