50.1% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bass Coast · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bass Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Bass Coast now report having no religion. This shift is part of a major trend, as the number of residents without a religious affiliation has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.1% of residents have no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 39.2%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Hinduism each account for 1% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bass Coast, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 49.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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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 Bass Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20740/bass-coast/topic/religion