50.4% ▲ +123.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Buffalo · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Buffalo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Buffalo report having no religion, which is far above the state and national figures. This gap marks the area as much more secular than most other similar regions.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of residents have no religion, while 38.0% identify with Christianity. This lack of religious affiliation is 11 percentage points higher than in both Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Buffalo, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 49.0%
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- Catholic 17.5%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Other Christian 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
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 Buffalo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20375/buffalo/topic/religion