57.6% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Northcote (Northern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in Northcote now reports having no religion, a figure that has jumped 11 percentage points since 2016. This shift marks a significant move away from traditional faith, with 57.6% of residents now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 57.6% of people with no religion is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 32.2%, followed by Buddhism at 1.8% and Islam at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Northcote (Northern Metropolitan), No religion is the majority at 58%; Christianity is next at 32%.
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- No religion 56.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Orthodox 8.9%
- Anglican 2.9%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26303/northcote/topic/religion