37.7% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Essendon (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Essendon (Western Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly lower share of people identify as having no religion in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) compared to the state and national figures. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 46.6%, the number of residents reporting no religion has risen by 6.8 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 37.7% of people here have no religion, which is a little below the Victoria and Australia figures. Other common faiths include Islam at 4.3%, Hinduism at 2.8%, and Buddhism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (6%).
-
- Catholic 30.6%
- Orthodox 4.9%
- Anglican 4.6%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
-
- No religion 37.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
-
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Essendon (Western Metropolitan)
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22607/essendon/topic/religion