41.3% ▲ +115.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rochester · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Rochester
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly higher share of people in Rochester report no religion compared to the state and national figures. Around 41% of the population identifies as having no faith, while nearly half of the area remains Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 49.4%, followed by those with no religion at 41.3%, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rochester, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Uniting Church 6.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 5.9%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 40.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Rochester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22184/rochester/topic/religion