42.5% ▲ +108.0%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Horsham · Urban Area
Religion in Horsham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Horsham claim no religion than the national average, with 42.5% of residents now identifying as non-religious. This reflects a significant shift in the local community, as the number of people with no faith has more than doubled since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 48.6%, while 42.5% of people report no religion—a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. Other faiths include Hinduism at 0.9%, Buddhism at 0.5%, and Islam at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Horsham, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 14.5%
- Other Christian 11.2%
- Uniting Church 11.1%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 42.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2010/horsham/topic/religion