30.5% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melton · Urban Centre
Religion in Melton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Melton now claim no religion, with this group rising by 3.6 percentage points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area remains much more religious than the state and national averages, with 43.4% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 30.5% of the population, which is well below the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national average of 38.9%. Other significant groups include those identifying with other religions at 6.2%, Islam at 5.6%, and Hinduism at 4.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melton, the largest group is Christianity at 43%, followed by No religion (31%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Orthodox 2.6%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
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- No religion 30.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- 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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/religion