54.6% ▲ +61.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Richmond
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Richmond identify as having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This trend makes the area much less religious than most other parts of the state and country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 54.6% of residents report no religion, which is 16 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. The remaining population is mostly Christian at 30.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (4.8%), Muslims (1.7%) and Hindus (0.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Richmond, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 31%.
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- No religion 53.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Orthodox 5.0%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.0%
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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22170/richmond/topic/religion