45.3% ▲ +86.9%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong · Urban Area
Religion in Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Geelong report having no religion than in most similar areas. This shift is striking, with the number of residents without a faith jumping 21 percentage points since 2011. Now, 45.3% of the population identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of residents (45.3%) have no religion, which is well above the 39.3% figure for Victoria. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 43.3%, followed by smaller groups of Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 8.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2008/geelong/topic/religion