42.8% ▲ +116.3%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
3563, VIC · Postcode
Religion in 3563, VIC
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no religion has shaped the spiritual landscape of postcode 3563. Now, 42.8% of the population identify as non-religious, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This shift represents a major change in how the community identifies over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.1%. However, the proportion of people with no religion has jumped 23 percentage points since 2011, reaching 42.8%, while other faiths like Buddhism account for just 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →3563, VIC splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 14.9%
- Anglican 13.9%
- Uniting Church 9.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 43.0%
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 3563, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3563/3563-vic/topic/religion