40.0% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Malvern East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Forty-five per cent of people in Malvern East identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While a large number of residents follow a faith, about 40% of the population now report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.2%, followed by those with no religion at 40.0%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Other groups include Hindus (3.1%), Jews (2.8%) and Buddhists (2.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Malvern East, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 21.6%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Orthodox 7.7%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 39.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/religion