46.9% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chiltern · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Chiltern
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Chiltern report having no religion. This represents a significant shift in the local landscape, with 46.9% of the population now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 46.9% of people with no religion is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national average. This group is the largest in the area, followed closely by Christians at 45.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Chiltern splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.5%
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- Catholic 18.1%
- Anglican 15.1%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Chiltern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20551/chiltern/topic/religion