48.4% ▲ +104.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Tongala · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Tongala
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Tongala report having no religion, which is a much higher proportion than in most other similar areas. This shift away from traditional faith is a key feature of the local community's identity, with 48.4% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost one in two people here have no religion, a figure well above both the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) rates. Christianity remains the next most common faith at 42.8%, followed by small numbers of people practicing Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Tongala, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 48.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Tongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22528/tongala/topic/religion