36.0% ▲ +55.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oakleigh · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Oakleigh
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Oakleigh identify as Christian, making it the most common religious group in the area. This is a diverse community where various faiths are represented, though the share of people reporting no religion is lower than the state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 49%, followed by those with no religion at 36%. This last group is well below the Victorian figure of 39.3% and a little below the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Oakleigh, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (36%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Orthodox 16.8%
- Anglican 3.6%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 35.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.6%
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 Oakleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22000/oakleigh/topic/religion