48.4% ▲ +63.5%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
East Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Religion in East Gippsland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in beliefs has seen those with no religion rise by 19 percentage points since 2011 in East Gippsland. Nearly half of the population now reports no religious affiliation, making it far more likely for residents here to be non-religious than people across Victoria or Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 48.4% of people here have no religion, a figure well above the national level of 38.9%. This is the most common group, followed by Christians at 40.4%, while Buddhists, Hindus and other faiths make up small minorities.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In East Gippsland, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.6%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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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 East Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22110/east-gippsland/topic/religion