47.4% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) now report having no religion. This shift toward a non-religious identity is a defining feature of the area, with the number of people claiming no faith rising sharply since the last census.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion is 47.4%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. While this group rose by 8.3 percentage points since 2016, 39.1% of the population still identifies with Christianity.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan), the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.0%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Orthodox 3.5%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23806/hawthorn/topic/religion