53.6% ▲ +65.7%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Surf Coast · Council (LGA)
Religion in Surf Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in Surf Coast now identify as having no religion. This shift has been rapid, with the number of people reporting no faith jumping 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A huge 53.6% of residents have no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.1%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions make up very small portions of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Surf Coast, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 53.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.8%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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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 Surf Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26490/surf-coast/topic/religion