38.5% ▲ +64.6%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nicholls · Federal Electorate
Religion in Nicholls
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and spirituality play a significant role in the daily lives of many in Nicholls, where nearly half the population identifies as Christian. While this remains the most common affiliation, the number of people claiming no religion has risen sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.9%, while 3.0% of people identify as Muslim. Those with no religion now make up 38.5% of the area, a figure that rose 15 points since 2011 and is now about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nicholls, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 38.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- 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 Nicholls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED236/nicholls/topic/religion