40.8% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Merrigum
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About the same as most similar areas, Merrigum is a place where nearly half the population identifies with a religion. While 44.3% of residents are Christians, a significant 40.8% report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 40.8% of people with no religion is a little above both the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) figures. Other faith groups are less common, with Islam and Buddhism each representing 1.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merrigum splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 10.1%
- Uniting Church 6.0%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 39.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.4%
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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/religion