40.9% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Murray Plains (Northern Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward having no faith has shaped Murray Plains, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 12 percentage points since 2016. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the area now reflects a broader national trend of declining religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.9% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.9%, followed by small groups of people practicing Islam (0.8%) and Buddhism (0.7%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Uniting Church 7.0%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25704/murray-plains/topic/religion