45.8% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sale · Urban Area
Religion in Sale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Sale claim no religion than in most similar areas. This shift is striking, with those reporting no religious affiliation now making up 45.8% of the population. This group has grown significantly over the last decade, while Christianity remains the second most common affiliation at 43.7%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose by 16 percentage points since 2011 to reach 45.8%. This is well above the figures for Victoria (39.3%) and Australia (38.9%). Other affiliations include Hinduism at 1.0% and Buddhism at 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sale splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Anglican 13.9%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2015/sale/topic/religion