52.0% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Churchill · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Churchill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is clear in Churchill, where more than half the population now reports no religious affiliation. This is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria or Australia. Only 35.4% of residents identify as Christians, while other faiths make up a very small part of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (52.0%) identify as having no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Other groups are smaller, with 35.4% identifying as Christians and less than 1% each for Islam and Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Churchill, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 51.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 8.7%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20561/churchill/topic/religion