47.7% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Indigo · Council (LGA)
Religion in Indigo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Indigo report having no religion, a figure that has surged by 21 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much more secular than most other regions in the country. While Christianity remains a significant presence, the growth of those with no faith is the defining trend for the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.7% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now the largest, followed by Christians at 42.9% and small numbers of Buddhists, Hindus and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Indigo splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 47.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Indigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23350/indigo/topic/religion