45.8% ▲ +85.4%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Sale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 46% of people in Sale report having no religion, a figure that has surged by 21 percentage points since 2011. This makes Sale significantly less religious than both Victoria and the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (45.8%) now claim no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains common at 43.7%, while Hinduism and Buddhism each account for around 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sale splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Anglican 13.9%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051103/sale/topic/religion