42.8% —
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murrumbidgee · State Electorate
Religion in Murrumbidgee
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Murrumbidgee report having no religion, making this the most common response for the area. This shift reflects a growing trend, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has risen by 7.5 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion is 42.8%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 40.2%, Hinduism at 5.1%, Islam at 2.7%, and Buddhism at 2.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Murrumbidgee splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 42.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED80004/murrumbidgee/topic/religion