48.3% ▲ +73.5%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macedon Ranges · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Macedon Ranges
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Macedon Ranges report having no religion, making it a far less religious area than most of the country. This shift is striking, with the number of non-religious residents jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.3% of residents have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christians make up 43.7% of the population, while Buddhism (0.5%) and Islam (0.4%) are much less common.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Macedon Ranges splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 47.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 23.8%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 Macedon Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21002/macedon-ranges/topic/religion