58.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Best · Suburb / Locality
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Mount Best report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. Over half the population identifies as non-religious, which is about 20 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 58.7% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the Victorian average of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 26.1%, while other faiths such as Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are not present.
58.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Mount Best, No religion is the majority at 61%; Christianity is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Mount Best [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21774/mount-best/topic/religion