45.7% ▲ +77.0%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong · Region (SA4)
Religion in Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Geelong now report having no religion, creating a landscape where secularly-minded residents are the largest single group. This shift is a major change for the city, with the number of non-religious people climbing 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 45.7%, the share of people with no religion is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. While Christianity remains common at 43.3%, other faiths like Islam (1.3%) and Hinduism (1.1%) represent much smaller portions of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.8%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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/sa4/203/geelong/topic/religion