49.3% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Hawthorn
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Hawthorn report having no religion, which is a far higher proportion than the national average. This makes it a place where non-religious identities are much more common than in most other Australian areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.3% of residents have no religion, a figure 10 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and national averages. For those with a faith, Christianity is the most common at 36%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (3.2%), Buddhists (2.7%), and Muslims (1.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hawthorn, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 48.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Orthodox 2.7%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21152/hawthorn/topic/religion