36.1% ▲ +72.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rowville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Rowville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Rowville's residents, 47.8%, identify as Christian, making it a more religious area than the state average. While many people across Australia now claim no faith, Rowville has a lower proportion of residents in this group than most other areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.1% of people here have no religion, which is well below the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Beyond Christianity, Buddhism is the next most common faith at 5.0%, followed by Hinduism at 3.5% and Islam at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rowville, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (36%) and Buddhism (5%).
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- Catholic 24.4%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Orthodox 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
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- No religion 35.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Rowville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22207/rowville/topic/religion