52.9% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Mount Pleasant
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is clear in Mount Pleasant, where over half the population now reports no religion. This figure is far above the Victorian and national averages, marking a significant change in the local religious landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (52.9%) have no religion, which is far above the 39.3% figure for Victoria. Those with a faith are mostly Christian (36.1%), while Hinduism and Buddhism each account for 0.9% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 52.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 15.3%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 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 Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21807/mount-pleasant/topic/religion