34.7% ▲ +121.0%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mid-Western Regional · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mid-Western Regional
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim a faith in Mid-Western Regional compared to the national average, though the area remains more religious than many other parts of the country. Over half of residents identify as Christians, while 34.7% report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While the share of people with no religion rose 19 percentage points since 2011, this figure is still well below the Australian average of 38.9%. Christianity remains the most common faith at 54.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mid-Western Regional, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 35%.
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- Catholic 23.3%
- Anglican 21.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 34.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Mid-Western Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15270/mid-western-regional/topic/religion