40.7% ▲ +88.6%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Somerset · Council (LGA)
Religion in Somerset
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Somerset residents, or 49.1%, identify as Christians. While this remains the largest group, the area has seen a huge shift in beliefs over the last decade. The number of people reporting no religion has climbed sharply since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.7% of people now have no religion, a figure that rose by 19 points since 2011 and is a little above the national average. Other groups include Buddhism at 0.7%, other religions at 0.5%, and Islam at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Somerset, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 14.5%
- Other Christian 9.0%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 40.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36580/somerset/topic/religion