45.5% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Whitfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Whitfield report having no religion compared to most similar areas. While nearly half the population identifies as non-religious, those who do have a faith are mostly Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.5% of residents have no religion, which is well above the 39.3% figure for Victoria and the 38.9% national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 43.6%, followed by Hinduism and other religions at 1.4% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Whitfield splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 42.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 4.2%
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- Catholic 25.5%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Uniting Church 6.5%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Other Christian 1.9%
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- Other religious groups 1.4%
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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22772/whitfield/topic/religion