11.7% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Prospect · State Electorate
Religion in Prospect
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Prospect than in most similar areas. Only 11.7% of residents report no religious affiliation, which is much lower than the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population identifies as Christian (55.6%), while 14.2% are Hindu and 6.4% are Muslim. The proportion of people with no religion has fallen by 7.4 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Prospect, Christianity is the majority at 56%; Hinduism is next at 14%.
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- Catholic 34.8%
- Other Christian 7.5%
- Anglican 4.8%
- Orthodox 4.7%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 11.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.5%
- Other religious groups 0.9%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10070/prospect/topic/religion