56.4% ▲ +97.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Loch · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Loch
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Loch report having no religion, making it a place where non-belief is far more common than in most other areas. This shift is a defining feature of the local profile, with 56.4% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 35.1%, while Buddhism accounts for 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Loch, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 56.8%
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- Anglican 12.6%
- Catholic 10.8%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
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 Loch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21523/loch/topic/religion