45.8% ▲ +78.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wellington · Council (LGA)
Religion in Wellington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Wellington report having no religion, a figure that has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much more secular than most other parts of Australia. While Christianity remains a significant faith for 41.9% of residents, the number of people with no religious affiliation is now the most common response.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 45.8%, the proportion of people with no religion is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism at 0.6%, other religions at 0.5%, and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wellington splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Anglican 14.0%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26810/wellington/topic/religion