15.3% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A strong sense of faith shapes daily life in Thomastown, where far fewer people identify as non-religious compared to the rest of the country. While the number of people claiming no religion rose slightly to 15.3%, the area remains much more religious than most other parts of Victoria.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.6%, followed by Islam and 'no religion' both at 15.3%, and Hinduism at 7.8%. The proportion of people with no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (15%) and Islam (15%).
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- Catholic 23.3%
- Orthodox 11.9%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Anglican 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Uniting Church 0.4%
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- No religion 15.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 5.9%
- Other religious groups 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 Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28203/thomastown/topic/religion