44.2% ▲ +74.1%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Grampians · Council (LGA)
Religion in Northern Grampians
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from faith has been rapid in Northern Grampians, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011. Now, 44.2% of the population identify as non-religious. This is the most striking change in the area's religious landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 44.2%, the proportion of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now slightly larger than those who identify as Christians, who make up 43.3% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northern Grampians splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 43.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Anglican 10.1%
- Uniting Church 9.6%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Northern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25810/northern-grampians/topic/religion