48.4% ▲ +72.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Eltham North · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Eltham North
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents now report having no religion, a shift that makes Eltham North significantly less religious than the average Australian community. This trend is most visible in the 48.4% of people who identify as non-religious, far outstripping both state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (48.4%) claim no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian at 45.2%, while smaller groups include Buddhists at 1.2%, and Muslims and Hindus at 0.5% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Eltham North splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 48.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 25.1%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Orthodox 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 Eltham North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20866/eltham-north/topic/religion