47.2% ▲ +75.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greater Bendigo · Council (LGA)
Religion in Greater Bendigo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people here identify as having no religion than in most similar areas. In Greater Bendigo, 47.2% of residents report no religious affiliation, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This shift has accelerated quickly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population now identifies with no religion, a figure that rose 20 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria, while 42.5% of residents still identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greater Bendigo splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 19.0%
- Anglican 9.7%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Greater Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22620/greater-bendigo/topic/religion