43.7% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 67% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Warrnambool and South West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Warrnambool and South West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Warrnambool and South West identify as having no religion compared to most similar areas. This shift is striking, with the number of residents reporting no faith jumping 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43.7%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.7% of people identify as Christian, those with no religion now make up 43.7% of the population. This is well above the national figure of 38.9% and the Victorian average of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Warrnambool and South West splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 8.6%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 43.3%
- 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 and South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/217/warrnambool-and-south-west/topic/religion