In a pocket of north-west Melbourne suburbs, two-thirds of the population is Christian, the latest census data reveals. | By Carolyn Webb and Craig Butt census
The 2021 census shows the proportion of Christians in Australia dropped below 50 per cent for the first time.
Taliana said LifeHouse is modern and accessible, with a youth group, cafe, kids’ church and live music.The Avondale Heights family live in a statistical Bible belt.Just 44 per cent of Australians now identify as Christian, down from 52 per cent five years earlier and 61 per cent in 2011. But the census also revealed that the trend away from Christianity is not uniform.
And while 42.1 per cent of Victorians stated they had no religion, that figure was just 17.6 per cent in Taylors Lakes and 23.3 per cent in Avondale Heights. In Avondale Heights, Taliana, 35, who is of Spanish and German descent and whose husband is of Maltese heritage, said as well as the Ten Commandments, her church teaches her children to help those in need.
Bufalino, the daughter of Italian immigrants, likes being a part of that community. “I think especially for Italians, religion is part of their identity,” she said.
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