32.9% ▲ +126.8%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Orange · Council (LGA)
Religion in Orange
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Orange identify with a faith, making it a more religious place than the national average. While the number of people with no religion has climbed quickly, the area remains more traditional than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 57.1%. The share of people reporting no religion rose 18 points since 2011 to reach 32.9%, which is well below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Orange, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 15.7%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 32.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16150/orange/topic/religion