54.7% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Anglesea · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Anglesea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from formal faith has seen Anglesea become a place where more than half of residents now claim no religion. This is a much higher proportion than most other areas, with 54.7% of the population reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The lack of religious affiliation is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national 38.9%. For those who do identify with a faith, Christianity is the most common at 36.6%, while Buddhism (0.4%) and Islam (0.2%) are less frequent.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Anglesea, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 54.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.1%
- Anglican 9.4%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- 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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20046/anglesea/topic/religion