55.3% ▲ +67.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Upper Ferntree Gully
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in Upper Ferntree Gully identifies as having no religion. This represents a significant shift in local beliefs, with the area now far more secular than both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 55.3% of residents report no religion, which is 16 percentage points higher than the figures for Victoria and Australia. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 37.1%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.1%) and Hindus (0.3%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Upper Ferntree Gully, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 54.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/religion