42.6% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mitchell · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mitchell
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
An 18 percentage point jump in people reporting no religion since 2011 defines the changing spiritual landscape of Mitchell. This shift means that while Christianity remains the most common faith, a huge portion of the population now identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.6% of residents have no religion, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This group is nearly as large as those who identify as Christian, who make up 43.4% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mitchell splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 24.2%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 42.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 2.1%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24850/mitchell/topic/religion