42.9% —
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Warrnambool · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Warrnambool
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Warrnambool sits around the middle of similar areas for its religious makeup. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, there has been a significant shift towards people reporting no religion. This group now makes up 42.9% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 11 percentage points since 2016 to reach 42.9%, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 48%, followed by small groups of Buddhists at 0.7% and Hindus at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Warrnambool, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 26.1%
- Anglican 7.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.2%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 42.6%
- 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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21704/warrnambool/topic/religion