44.6% ▲ +77.4%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ararat · Council (LGA)
Religion in Ararat
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Ararat report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This represents a significant shift in the community, as the number of people claiming no faith has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 44.6%, the share of residents with no religion is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 38.4%, while Hinduism and Islam each account for 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ararat, the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (14%).
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- No religion 44.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.7%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Uniting Church 6.8%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20260/ararat/topic/religion