47.0% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geographe · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Geographe
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Geographe report having no religion, which is a well above average figure for the region. This shift means that 47.0% of the population now identifies as non-religious, making it one of the most striking demographic features of the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 47.0% of people claiming no religion, this is well above the 38.9% national figure. Christianity remains the next most common affiliation at 42.5%, followed by small numbers of people who identify with Islam (0.9%), Buddhism (0.7%) or Hinduism (0.1%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geographe splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 46.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 16.6%
- Catholic 15.1%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 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 Geographe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50534/geographe/topic/religion