16.5% ▲ +111.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thomastown · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Thomastown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people claim no religion in Thomastown compared to the rest of the country. While nearly 39% of Australians report no faith, only 16.5% of people here say the same, making it one of the least secular areas in its class.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.1%, followed by Islam at 15.2%, Buddhism at 6.6% and Hinduism at 5.3%. This diverse mix helps explain why the 16.5% of residents with no religion is so much lower than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Thomastown, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (16%) and Islam (15%).
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Orthodox 15.0%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Anglican 1.5%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 16.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 3.1%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Thomastown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22504/thomastown/topic/religion