29.6% —
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Snowy Valleys · Council (LGA)
Religion in Snowy Valleys
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has grown in Snowy Valleys, where the share of people reporting no religion rose by 11 percentage points since 2016. Despite this trend, the area remains more religious than most of the country, with 58.6% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 29.6% of people have no religion, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%. This remains much lower than most similar areas, even as the number of non-religious residents has increased since the last census.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Snowy Valleys, Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 30%.
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- Anglican 23.8%
- Catholic 23.5%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 29.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Snowy Valleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17080/snowy-valleys/topic/religion