45.3% —
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Benambra (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Benambra (Northern Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than one in three people in Benambra now report no religion, a sharp increase since 2011. This shift means those with no faith now make up the largest group in the area, slightly edging out Christians who account for 44.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people reporting no religion rose by 13 percentage points since 2016 to reach 45.3%. This is well above the national figure of 38.9% and higher than most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Benambra (Northern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 8%.
-
- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
-
- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
-
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Benambra (Northern Victoria)
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Benambra (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20604/benambra/topic/religion