32.4% ▲ +80.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Essendon · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Essendon
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much lower share of people report having no religion in Essendon compared to the rest of Victoria. More than half the population identifies as Christian, while only 32.4% say they have no religion, which is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.9%. Other religious groups include Hindus at 3.6%, Muslims at 2.4%, and Buddhists at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Essendon, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 37.1%
- Orthodox 5.5%
- Anglican 4.9%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 32.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Essendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20885/essendon/topic/religion