43.6% ▲ +79.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cheltenham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Cheltenham identify as having no religion, making it a place where secular views are more common than in most areas. With 43.6% of people reporting no faith, this figure is well above both the Victorian and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion (43.6%) slightly edge out Christians (43.5%) as the largest group. Other faith groups are small, with Hinduism at 2.6%, Buddhism at 1.7%, and Judaism at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Orthodox 6.8%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20539/cheltenham/topic/religion