62.1% ▲ +52.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northcote · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Northcote
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Northcote report having no religion than in most other similar areas. This secular trend is a defining feature of the suburb, with 62.1% of residents claiming no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 62.1%, the share of people with no religion is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other religious groups include Christians at 29.0%, Buddhists at 1.6%, and Muslims at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Northcote, No religion is the majority at 62%; Christianity is next at 29%.
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- No religion 61.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.9%
- Orthodox 8.9%
- Anglican 2.8%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.0%
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 Northcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21971/northcote/topic/religion