37.1% ▲ +58.9%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melbourne · Urban Area
Religion in Melbourne
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Melbourne, where 40.1% of people identify with a Christian denomination. While other religions are present, the most striking change is the rapid growth of people reporting no faith at all. This group has jumped by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 37.1% of residents have no religion, which is a little below the national figure of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Islam at 5.4%, Hinduism at 4.2%, and Buddhism at 3.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Christianity (40%) and No religion (37%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Orthodox 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 36.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2011/melbourne/topic/religion