28.8% —
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Goulburn Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Goulburn Surrounds
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Goulburn Surrounds from the national figure for people with no religion. While nearly 60% of residents identify as Christians, the area is seeing a shift toward secularism. This shift is clear as the number of people reporting no religion has risen significantly since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 59.8% of the population identifies as Christian, while 28.8% report no religion. This last group is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%, despite the number of people with no religion rising by 9.5 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Goulburn Surrounds, Christianity is the majority at 60%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 26.6%
- Anglican 22.2%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 28.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Goulburn Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101051540/goulburn-surrounds/topic/religion