39.1% ▲ +98.8%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Swan Hill · Urban Area
Religion in Swan Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Swan Hill, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped 19 percentage points since 2011. This trend has seen the area move from a predominantly religious community to one where nearly 40% of residents now claim no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.6% of people identify as Christians, 39.1% now report no religion, a figure about the same as the state and national averages. Other faiths include Islam at 2.9%, other religions at 1.7%, and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Swan Hill, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 9.0%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 39.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2017/swan-hill/topic/religion