53.0% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barwon Heads · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Barwon Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people report no religion in Barwon Heads compared to the rest of the state. More than half of the population now identifies as non-religious, which is 14 percentage points above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 53.0% of residents have no religion, a figure much higher than most other areas. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 37.8%, while Buddhism is seen in 0.7% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barwon Heads, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 52.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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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 Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20162/barwon-heads/topic/religion