48.9% ▲ +59.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newport · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Newport
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Newport report having no religion. This makes the area stand out significantly from the rest of the state and the country, where religious affiliation is far more common.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.9% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. For those who are religious, 40.4% identify with Christianity, while 3.3% identify with Islam.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Newport, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 48.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Orthodox 5.6%
- Anglican 5.2%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21934/newport/topic/religion