49.7% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dereel · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Dereel
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Dereel report having no religion, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This lack of religious affiliation is the most striking feature of the local profile, with 49.7% of the population identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 49.7%, those with no religion are far above the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) figures. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 34.6%, while Buddhism accounts for 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dereel, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (34%) and Not stated (16%).
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- No religion 47.9%
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- Catholic 12.0%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Dereel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20741/dereel/topic/religion