43.3% ▲ +223.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Howlong · Urban Centre
Religion in Howlong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Howlong sits around the middle of similar areas for its religious makeup. While 48.6% of the population identifies as Christian, there has been a sharp rise in people claiming no religion, who now make up 43.3% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 30 points since 2011 to reach 43.3%, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. This is also far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Howlong, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 15.4%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 43.1%
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- 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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115083/howlong/topic/religion