43.2% —
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) report having no religion. This makes it a place where a lack of religious affiliation is now more common than any single faith, following a steady climb over the last five years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 43.2% of the population, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This group has grown by 6.3 percentage points since 2016, while Christians now account for 40.7% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.2%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Orthodox 4.5%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21706/burwood/topic/religion