33.0% ▲ +95.1%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Portland · Urban Centre
Religion in Portland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Portland identify with a faith, keeping the area more religious than the national average. While 55.6% of residents are Christians, those reporting no religion have increased significantly in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55.6%, while those with no religion make up 33.0% of the population. This figure is much lower than in most similar areas and is well below the Australian average, though it has risen 16 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Portland, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 24.4%
- Anglican 19.7%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Other Christian 2.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 32.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115121/portland/topic/religion