39.8% —
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Malvern (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Malvern (Southern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people in Malvern (Southern Metropolitan) identify with a religion compared to most similar areas. While Christianity remains the most common faith, those reporting no religion have grown significantly to nearly 40% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.7%, followed by those with no religion at 39.8%. The share of people with no religion is about the same as the national figure, but it has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Malvern (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 11.1%
- Orthodox 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Malvern (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24606/malvern/topic/religion