47.5% ▲ +95.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Religion in West Footscray
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has seen West Footscray become much less religious over the last decade. Nearly half of the population now reports having no religion, which is a far higher proportion than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47.5% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Other common faiths include Christianity at 30.9%, Buddhism at 5.8%, Islam at 3.8%, and Hinduism at 3.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Footscray, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (31%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Anglican 2.7%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 West Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22756/west-footscray/topic/religion