39.7% ▲ +99.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Purnim · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Purnim
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Purnim identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group. The area shows a spiritual mix that closely mirrors the broader trends seen across Victoria and the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.7% of residents are Christian, while 39.7% report no religion. This lack of religious affiliation is about the same as the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Purnim, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 30.2%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
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- No religion 41.3%
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 Purnim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22127/purnim/topic/religion