44.7% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Colac · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Colac
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Colac report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift is a major trend for the area, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 12 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 46.6%, but the number of residents with no religion has risen to 44.7%. This is much higher than the 38.9% seen across Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Colac splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 25.0%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Uniting Church 5.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217031472/colac/topic/religion