49.1% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Longford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Longford identifies as having no religion, which is far higher than the national figure. This creates a significant gap compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people describe themselves this way.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 49.1% of residents report no religion, a figure well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian at 44.4%, while other religions like Buddhism and Islam make up very small proportions of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Longford splits fairly evenly between No religion (49%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 48.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 14.9%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21536/longford/topic/religion