43.4% ▲ +80.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Watsonia · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Watsonia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people in Watsonia identify with a faith than in most other parts of the country. Nearly 43% of residents now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.3% of people identify as Christian, those with no religion make up 43.4% of the area. This is well above the national figure of 38.9%, and reflects a rise of 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Watsonia splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 27.2%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Orthodox 4.4%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Watsonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011204/watsonia/topic/religion