48.5% ▲ +80.8%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alpine · Council (LGA)
Religion in Alpine
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp shift toward secularism has defined Alpine, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 22 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half of the population—48.5%—identifies as non-religious. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of residents report no religion, a figure well above the national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 40.9%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions each account for around 0.5% to 0.6% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Alpine, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 9.2%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20110/alpine/topic/religion