47.5% ▲ +82.6%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gippsland · Federal Electorate
Religion in Gippsland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Gippsland now reports having no religion. This shift is stark, as the number of people without a faith has climbed by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 47.5% of residents with no religion is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is the most common group, followed by Christians at 40.7%, while Buddhism, Islam, and other faiths each make up 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gippsland, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 47.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 12.1%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED216/gippsland/topic/religion