45.5% ▲ +85.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whittlesea · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Whittlesea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Whittlesea report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are far more common than in most other areas. This shift toward non-religious identities is a defining feature of the local community's social fabric.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.3% of residents identify as Christians, 45.5% say they have no religion. This figure is well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria and the 38.9% national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Whittlesea splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 24.0%
- Anglican 9.2%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- No religion 44.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22775/whittlesea/topic/religion