41.4% ▲ +72.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Somerville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Somerville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 41.9% of people in Somerville identify as Christians, making it the most common faith in the area. This religious landscape is balanced by a nearly equal proportion of residents who report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the leading faith at 41.9%, while those with no religion make up 41.4% of the population. This last group is a little above the national figure but slightly below the state average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Somerville splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Other Christian 7.6%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 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 Somerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51359/somerville/topic/religion