38.7% ▲ +75.7%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hobsons Bay · Council (LGA)
Religion in Hobsons Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Diverse faith and belief systems shape the daily life of Hobsons Bay, where nearly 45% of people identify as Christian. While traditional affiliations remain common, there has been a significant shift toward people reporting no religion over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.6%, followed by those with no religion at 38.7%. This last group has grown by 17 percentage points since 2011, though it now sits about the same as the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hobsons Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 25.7%
- Orthodox 5.8%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 38.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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 Hobsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23110/hobsons-bay/topic/religion