37.1% —
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly higher share of people hold a religious faith in Rowville compared to the state and national figures. While nearly half the population identifies as Christian, there has been a clear shift toward secularism in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of residents (47.4%) identify as Christian, while 37.1% report no religion. This lack of affiliation is a little below the Victorian figure of 39.3%, though it rose by 7.1 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (37%) and Buddhism (5%).
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
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- No religion 36.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27305/rowville/topic/religion