50.4% ▲ +60.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Long Forest · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Long Forest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Long Forest identify as having no religion, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. This means the community is far less religious than the Victorian and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of residents have no religion, which is 11 points higher than the Victorian figure and 12 points above the national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 44.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Long Forest, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 45%.
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- No religion 50.4%
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- Catholic 24.5%
- Anglican 9.6%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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 Long Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21533/long-forest/topic/religion