43.4% ▲ +70.1%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wangaratta Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Wangaratta Surrounds
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people identify as having no religion in Wangaratta Surrounds than in most similar areas. This shift is the most striking local trend, with the number of residents claiming no faith climbing 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43.4% of residents report no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now nearly as large as those who identify as Christians, who make up 46.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wangaratta Surrounds splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 12.7%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- 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 Wangaratta Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021067/wangaratta-surrounds/topic/religion