39.1% ▲ +59.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Waverley · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Mount Waverley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has seen the number of people reporting no religion rise in Mount Waverley since 2011. This group now makes up 39.1% of the population, which is the most common response for residents in the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Around 39.1% of people have no religion, a figure about the same as the state and national totals. This is followed closely by Christians at 38.3%, with Buddhists (7.3%), Hindus (7.0%) and Muslims (1.9%) also making up the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mount Waverley splits fairly evenly between No religion (39%) and Christianity (38%), with Buddhism at 7%.
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- No religion 38.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Orthodox 6.7%
- Anglican 5.0%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21816/mount-waverley/topic/religion