40.8% ▲ +56.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murrumbeena · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Murrumbeena
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 40.8% of people in Murrumbeena report having no religion, making this the most common response. This figure is a little above both the Victorian and national averages, reflecting a broad shift toward non-religious identities in the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 40.8% of the population, while 40.4% identify as Christians. Other groups include Hindus at 5.9%, Jews at 3.4%, and Buddhists at 3.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Murrumbeena splits fairly evenly between No religion (41%) and Christianity (40%), with Hinduism at 6%.
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- No religion 40.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Orthodox 8.3%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Murrumbeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21849/murrumbeena/topic/religion