46.5% ▲ +77.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkdale · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Parkdale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Parkdale residents report having no religion, making it the most common spiritual standing in the area. This represents a significant shift in the local landscape, with 46.5% of people now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 46.5%, the share of people with no religion is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the second largest group at 45.5%, followed by smaller numbers of Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Parkdale splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 46.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 24.6%
- Anglican 9.2%
- Orthodox 4.3%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Parkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22037/parkdale/topic/religion