44.0% ▲ +86.1%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
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Religion in Glenelg - Southern Grampians
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant shift toward secularism defines Glenelg - Southern Grampians, where the proportion of people reporting no religion has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011. This trend has left the area with a religious landscape split almost evenly between Christians and those with no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.0% of residents now report no religion, a figure well above both the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) averages. Christianity remains the largest group at 46.0%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism each account for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Glenelg - Southern Grampians splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- Catholic 14.6%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Uniting Church 8.1%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 43.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Glenelg - Southern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21701/glenelg-southern-grampians/topic/religion