47.7% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
East Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Religion in East Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in East Geelong report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift creates a distinct local profile where those with no faith now outnumber any single religious group. It is a significant departure from broader state trends.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47.7% of people here have no religion, which is well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 43.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists at 1.4% and Hindus at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →East Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 25.7%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 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 East Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20829/east-geelong/topic/religion