40.6% —
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly higher share of people in Bentleigh identify as having no religion compared to the state and national figures. While 40.6% of residents report no faith, the area remains diverse with significant proportions of Christians and Jewish residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 40.6%, a figure that rose 7.5 percentage points since 2016. Other major groups include Christians at 39.6%, Jewish people at 7.7%, Hindus at 3.3%, and Buddhists at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (41%) and Christianity (40%), with Judaism at 8%.
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- No religion 40.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Orthodox 7.7%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20906/bentleigh/topic/religion