31.4% ▲ +68.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oakleigh South · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Oakleigh South
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing variety of faiths has emerged in Oakleigh South since 2011, with the area now seeing a mix of traditional and newer religious groups. Christianity remains the most common faith, while those reporting no religion are much less common here than in the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of residents (46.8%) identify as Christian, while 31.4% report no religion, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Hindus at 6.6%, Buddhists at 4.5%, and Jews at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Oakleigh South, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (31%) and Hinduism (7%).
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Orthodox 16.0%
- Anglican 3.4%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 30.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22002/oakleigh-south/topic/religion