29.9% ▲ +178.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wellington · Urban Centre
Religion in Wellington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump in the number of people claiming no religion since 2011 marks a shift in Wellington. While 54% of residents identify as Christians, the proportion of those with no religious affiliation has climbed by 19 percentage points over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 30% of people here now report no religion, a figure that is well below the Australian national average of 38.9%. Other religious groups are small, with Islam at 0.6% and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wellington, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 30%.
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Anglican 21.0%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 29.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115155/wellington/topic/religion