37.4% ▲ +60.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Portarlington · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Portarlington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of residents in Portarlington identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. This religious lean is reflected in the local data, where the proportion of people with no religion is lower than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common affiliation at 50.8%. Meanwhile, 37.4% of people report having no religion, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Portarlington, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 24.2%
- Anglican 11.7%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- No religion 36.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22109/portarlington/topic/religion