17.7% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Dandenong, where 34.7% of people identify with it. The area is notably more religious than the rest of the country, with a very small proportion of residents reporting no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 17.7% of people have no religion, which is far below the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. This number has also fallen 8.3 percentage points since 2011. Other major faiths include Islam at 23.4%, Buddhism at 6.3%, and Hinduism at 6.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 35%, followed by Islam (23%) and No religion (18%).
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Orthodox 6.2%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Anglican 2.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
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- No religion 17.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/religion