48.6% —
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Eltham report having no religion, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This shift toward secularism is a defining feature of the local community, with almost 49% of people now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose by 9.1 percentage points since 2016 to reach 48.6%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. While 44.1% of the population identifies with a Christian faith, smaller groups include Buddhists (1.1%), Muslims (0.8%) and Hindus (0.7%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (49%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 48.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Orthodox 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22501/eltham/topic/religion