48.1% —
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population now reports having no religion, a figure that has climbed steadily in Carrum. This shift is most evident in the 11 percentage point rise in people with no religion since 2016, making the area far less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 48.1% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. For those with a faith, Christianity is the most common at 40.4%, while Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam each represent around 1% to 2% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 47.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.8%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21805/carrum/topic/religion