45.9% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sale · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people now identify as having no religion in Sale, with 45.9% of the population falling into this group. This shift means nearly half the community has moved away from traditional faith, making it a more secular area than much of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 45.9% of people reporting no religion, Sale is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and the national average of 38.9%. Christianity remains the next most common affiliation at 43.4%, while Hinduism and Buddhism each account for around 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sale splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Anglican 13.7%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22226/sale/topic/religion