39.3% ▲ +63.8%
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Victoria · State / Territory
Religion in Victoria
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Around the middle for its level, Victoria shows a religious landscape where no single faith holds a dominant majority. Roughly 40% of residents identify as Christian, while those with no religion make up nearly 40% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people reporting no religion rose 15 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.3%, which is about the same as the national figure. Other significant groups include Islam at 4.2%, Hinduism at 3.3%, and Buddhism at 3.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Victoria splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Orthodox 3.6%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 38.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
- 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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/2/victoria/topic/religion