49.9% —
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Evelyn (Eastern Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Evelyn now report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. This trend has accelerated quickly, with the number of people claiming no faith rising by 11 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (49.9%) now identifies with no religion, a figure far above the national and state figures. This reflects a broader change in the area, where those with no religion now outnumber Christians, who make up 42.5% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Evelyn (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 49.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.7%
- Anglican 8.0%
- Other Christian 7.6%
- Baptist 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22802/evelyn/topic/religion