42.0% ▲ +84.3%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wangaratta · Council (LGA)
Religion in Wangaratta
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points in people with no religion has shaped the spiritual landscape of Wangaratta since 2011. Nearly half of the population identifies as Christian, while those with no faith now make up 42% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people reporting no religion is 42%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. While Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 48.3%, other faiths like Buddhism (0.8%) and Hinduism (0.6%) represent small portions of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wangaratta, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 12.0%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26700/wangaratta/topic/religion