48.5% ▲ +71.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong West · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Geelong West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Geelong West report having no religion. This lack of religious affiliation is much higher than in most other areas, marking a significant shift in the local spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 48.5%, those with no religion are well above the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) figures. Christianity is the next most common group at 40.9%, followed by smaller numbers of people practicing Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Geelong West, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 24.7%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Geelong West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20974/geelong-west/topic/religion