49.5% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Orbost · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Orbost
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Orbost report having no religion, a figure far higher than the national average. This shift reflects a community where non-religious views are much more common than in most other Australian areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.5% of people here have no religion, which is 11 percentage points above the Australian figure. The remaining population is mostly Christian at 36.7%, while Buddhism and other faiths make up a very small part of the town.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Orbost, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 49.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 12.0%
- Catholic 10.2%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22014/orbost/topic/religion