44.4% ▲ +78.6%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greater Geelong · Council (LGA)
Religion in Greater Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 20 percentage points since 2011 has seen the number of people with no religion soar in Greater Geelong. Nearly 44.4% of the population now report no faith, making the area notably less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 44.4% who claim no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains common at 44.0%, while smaller groups include Islam at 1.5%, Hinduism at 1.3% and Buddhism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greater Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 43.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 8.0%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- 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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22750/greater-geelong/topic/religion