41.4% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Ferntree Gully now claim no religion, with this group rising by 7.5 percentage points since 2016. While 42.2% of the population identifies as Christian, those with no faith make up a significant 41.4% of the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.4% of people here have no religion, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a notable increase from 2016, when only 33.9% identified this way.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Baptist 2.8%
- Orthodox 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
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- No religion 40.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22901/ferntree-gully/topic/religion