43.5% ▲ +79.3%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 44% of people in Geelong now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade. This shift makes the area more secular than both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 43.9% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion make up 43.5% of the population. This group rose by 19 percentage points since 2011, leaving Geelong well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 43.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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/sa3/20302/geelong/topic/religion