47.5% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nepean (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Nepean (Eastern Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates Nepean from the national average, with far more people here claiming no faith. Nearly half of the residents now identify as non-religious, marking a significant shift in the local spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.5% of people in Nepean have no religion, a figure that is well above the 39.3% seen across Victoria. This is a growing trend, as the number of non-religious residents rose 8.6 percentage points since 2016; those identifying as Christians make up 41.8% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 46.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26102/nepean/topic/religion