55.9% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Parkville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Parkville report having no religion, which is far more than the national figure. This makes the area much more secular than most other parts of the country, with 55.9% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here does not follow a faith, as those with no religion make up 55.9% of the population. This is 17 percentage points higher than in Victoria and across Australia. Other groups include Christians at 26.1%, Muslims at 3.9%, Buddhists at 3.3%, and Hindus at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parkville, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 26%.
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- No religion 54.6%
- Secular beliefs 1.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 14.5%
- Anglican 4.9%
- Other Christian 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Parkville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22038/parkville/topic/religion