42.3% ▲ +42.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Deakin · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Deakin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Deakin, where 44.4% of residents identify as such. While many locals hold a religious affiliation, a large portion of the area now identifies as having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.3% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure but a little below the ACT average. Other groups include Hindus at 3.1%, Muslims at 1.6%, and Buddhists at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Deakin splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Orthodox 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80044/deakin/topic/religion