51.0% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Phillip · Council (LGA)
Religion in Port Phillip
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Port Phillip report having no religion, which is far more than the national figure. This shift is striking, as the number of people without a faith has risen by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. Other main groups include Christians at 31.7% and Jews at 3.3%, while Hindus and Buddhists make up 2.1% and 1.7% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Phillip, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 32%.
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- No religion 50.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Orthodox 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Port Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25900/port-phillip/topic/religion