44.7% ▲ +76.9%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Colac · Urban Area
Religion in Colac
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Colac claim no religion than in most similar areas. While 46.6% of the population identifies as Christian, the number of residents with no religious affiliation has climbed sharply to 44.7%. This reflects a broader shift in the region's beliefs over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of residents identify as having no religion, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011, when only 25.2% of people felt this way.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Colac splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 25.0%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Uniting Church 5.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2006/colac/topic/religion