46.0% ▲ +82.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Newington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Newington (Vic.) report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. Nearly half the population identifies as non-religious, which is well above both the Victorian and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 46% of residents say they have no religion, while 47.2% identify as Christians. Small numbers of people also practice Hinduism (1.6%) and Buddhism (0.8%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Newington splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 27.4%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/religion