46.1% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bellarine (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Bellarine (Western Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Bellarine (Western Victoria) report having no religion. This reflects a significant shift in the area's beliefs, with the proportion of non-religious residents climbing nearly 10 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 46.1%, the share of people with no religion is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is the most common response, though it is closely followed by Christianity at 45.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bellarine (Western Victoria) splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.8%
- Anglican 10.6%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Bellarine (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20508/bellarine/topic/religion