58.0% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Elwood · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Elwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Elwood do not identify with any religion, making it one of the most secular areas in the region. This high level of non-affiliation defines the local spiritual landscape, with 58.0% of people reporting no religious faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Among those who do have a faith, Christianity is the most common at 27.6%, followed by Judaism at 3.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Elwood, No religion is the majority at 58%; Christianity is next at 28%.
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- No religion 56.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Other Christian 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Elwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20867/elwood/topic/religion