51.0% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) report having no religion. This area is far more likely to be non-religious than the rest of Victoria or Australia, with 51% of residents now falling into this category.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 4.5 percentage points since 2016 to 51%, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. Other common faiths include Christianity at 22.4%, Buddhism at 6.4%, Hinduism at 5.7%, and Islam at 3.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 22%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 12.4%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Anglican 2.7%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24703/melbourne/topic/religion