49.1% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mornington Peninsula · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mornington Peninsula
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Mornington Peninsula identifies as having no religion. This shift is striking, as the number of people with no religious affiliation has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.1% of people report no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common group at 42.2%, while Buddhism and Hinduism make up very small proportions of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mornington Peninsula, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 48.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25340/mornington-peninsula/topic/religion