49.9% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Religion in South Melbourne
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in South Melbourne now report having no religion, with nearly half the population falling into this category. This shift makes the area far less religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.9% of residents have no religion, which is far above the 39.3% seen in Victoria. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (34%), followed by smaller groups of Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Melbourne, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (34%) and Not stated (8%).
-
- No religion 49.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
-
- Catholic 16.7%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Orthodox 4.3%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
-
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for South Melbourne
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in South Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22310/south-melbourne/topic/religion