19.6% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Epping
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a central role in daily life for many in Epping, where the share of people reporting no religion is far lower than in the rest of the state. While nearly 40% of Victorians claim no faith, only 19.6% of Epping residents do, making it one of the least secular areas of its kind.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.7%, followed by Islam at 12.4% and Hinduism at 6.9%. The proportion of people with no religion is 19.6%, which is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Epping, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (20%) and Islam (12%).
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- Catholic 23.4%
- Orthodox 10.0%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Anglican 2.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- No religion 19.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 4.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20878/epping/topic/religion