43.9% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitehorse · Council (LGA)
Religion in Whitehorse
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Forty-three point nine percent of people in Whitehorse report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This represents a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. The number of residents without a faith has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to have no religion (43.9%) than to identify as Christian (38.6%). This trend is clear, with the share of people reporting no religion rising 16 percentage points since 2011. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 5.4% and Hinduism at 3.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whitehorse, the largest group is No religion at 44%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Buddhism (5%).
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- No religion 43.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.3%
- Anglican 5.9%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Baptist 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Whitehorse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26980/whitehorse/topic/religion