59.1% ▲ +44.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fitzroy · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Fitzroy
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 60% of people in Fitzroy report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This creates a huge gap compared to the rest of the country, making it one of the least religious areas in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 60% of residents have no religion, which is 20 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and national figures. The remaining residents are mostly Christian (20.4%), with smaller groups practicing Islam (5.2%) and Buddhism (3.7%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Fitzroy, No religion is the majority at 59%; Christianity is next at 20%.
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- No religion 57.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 11.2%
- Anglican 3.0%
- Orthodox 2.5%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Fitzroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20924/fitzroy/topic/religion