46.4% ▲ +75.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Geelong report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This shift is striking, as the number of people without a faith has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 46.4%, those with no religion are well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other major groups include Christians at 41.6%, while Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims make up smaller portions of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021039/geelong/topic/religion