18.2% —
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Sydenham (Western Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Sydenham compared to the rest of the state. While 18.2% of residents identify as having no religion, this is 21 percentage points lower than both the Victorian and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 58.8%, followed by Islam at 6.5%, Buddhism at 4.2%, and Hinduism at 4.0%. The share of people with no religion has risen slightly since 2016, increasing by 3.1 percentage points to reach 18.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydenham (Western Metropolitan), Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 18%.
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- Catholic 36.6%
- Orthodox 9.8%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Anglican 2.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- No religion 18.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 3.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28007/sydenham/topic/religion