46.6% —
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people report having no religion in Box Hill than in most other similar areas. This shift is significant, with nearly half the population now identifying as non-religious in a community where Buddhism and Hinduism also have a visible presence.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 46.6%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9% and rose 7.1 points since 2016. Other major groups include Christians at 36.7%, Buddhists at 5.2%, Hindus at 3.2%, and Muslims at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 46.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21001/box-hill/topic/religion