45.0% ▲ +73.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Melville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the 45% of residents in Melville report having no religion. This makes the area more secular than most other parts of the country and slightly more so than the Western Australian average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 47%, while 45% of people identify as non-religious. Smaller groups include Buddhists (0.8%), Muslims (0.7%), and Hindus (0.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Melville splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50932/melville/topic/religion