31.1% ▲ +65.0%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Goulburn · Urban Centre
Religion in Goulburn
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of Goulburn's residents identify as Christians, with 56.5% belonging to a Christian faith. This religious presence is a key part of the area's identity, though the number of people reporting no religion has risen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 31.1% of people now report no religion, this is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths include Hinduism at 1.2%, Buddhism at 0.8% and Islam at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Goulburn, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 25.2%
- Anglican 20.8%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 30.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112009/goulburn/topic/religion