47.1% ▲ +137.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ellerslie · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Ellerslie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Ellerslie report having no religion, making it a place where non-belief is more common than in most other areas. This shift is reflected in the 47.1% of residents who do not identify with any faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 47.1% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 45.9%, followed by Buddhism at 2.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ellerslie splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (47%), with Buddhism at 3%.
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- No religion 46.8%
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Uniting Church 7.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Other Christian 2.6%
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 Ellerslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20858/ellerslie/topic/religion