37.8% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Monash · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Monash
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Relatively stable faith patterns define Monash, where nearly half the population identifies as Christian. This is a diverse mix of beliefs, though the number of people claiming no religion remains lower than the ACT average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.4%, while 37.8% of people report no religion, which is well below the ACT figure of 44.2%. Other common faiths include Islam at 3.5%, Hinduism at 2.6%, and Buddhism at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Monash, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 12.0%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 37.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80097/monash/topic/religion