48.5% ▲ +91.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dumbarton · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Dumbarton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Dumbarton report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a shift towards a more secular community, with non-religious views now far more common here than in most other similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 48.5% of the population, which is 9.6 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. The next most common group is Christianity at 26.7%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (3.4%) and Muslims (2.3%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dumbarton, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (26%) and Not stated (20%).
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- No religion 46.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.1%
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- Catholic 11.2%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
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 Dumbarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50435/dumbarton/topic/religion