35.8% ▲ +169.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Googong · Urban Centre
Religion in Googong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge surge in people claiming no religion has shaped Googong, with this group growing by 23 percentage points since 2011. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the area is becoming more secular over time.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 35.8% of people here have no religion, a figure that is well below the national average but a little above the state result. Christianity remains the most common faith at 49.7%, followed by Hinduism at 3.9%, with Islam and other religions each at 2.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Googong, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (36%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 26.0%
- Anglican 12.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.7%
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- No religion 35.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.4%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/religion