52.8% ▲ +115.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Miners Rest · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Miners Rest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people in Miners Rest report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. Over half the population now identifies as non-religious, which is a much higher proportion than you will find in most other similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 52.8% of residents have no religion, which is 14 percentage points above both the Victorian and national figures. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 42.2%, followed by smaller groups of people practicing Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Miners Rest, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 42%.
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- No religion 52.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Sikhism 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 Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21691/miners-rest/topic/religion