49.1% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Flinders · Federal Electorate
Religion in Flinders
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Flinders now identify as having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply since 2011. This shift makes the area far less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.1% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure and far above the Australian average. This is a significant change, as the number of people reporting no religion rose 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Flinders, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 48.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Anglican 12.4%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED213/flinders/topic/religion