42.3% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wangaratta - Benalla · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Wangaratta - Benalla
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Wangaratta - Benalla. Now, 42.3% of the population identifies this way, a figure that is well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.6% of people identify as Christian, those with no religion make up 42.3% of the area, which is a little above the Victorian figure. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.7% and Hinduism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wangaratta - Benalla, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 22.0%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Wangaratta - Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20402/wangaratta-benalla/topic/religion