47.7% ▲ +52.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Silvan · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Silvan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Silvan report having no religion, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This shift reflects a community where secular views are now more common than any single faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.7% of residents claim no religion, a figure well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 44.3%, while Buddhism accounts for 1.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Silvan splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 47.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Other Christian 11.8%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Silvan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22281/silvan/topic/religion