56.5% ▲ +58.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Fairfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Fairfield now report having no religion compared to previous years. This shift is striking, with 56.5% of the population now identifying as non-religious, which is far above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (56.5%) identifies as having no religion, a figure far higher than the 39.3% seen across Victoria. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian at 33.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.7%), Hindus (0.9%) and Muslims (0.8%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Fairfield, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 34%.
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- No religion 55.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Orthodox 7.6%
- Anglican 3.6%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20901/fairfield/topic/religion