34.4% ▲ +74.8%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oakdale · Urban Centre
Religion in Oakdale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Oakdale identify as Christians, making it a religious area compared to many other parts of the country. While 56.9% follow Christianity, the number of people reporting no religion has jumped 15 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 56.9%, while 34.4% of residents have no religion. This last group is much smaller than in most similar areas and well below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Oakdale, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 24.9%
- Anglican 22.1%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
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- No religion 34.5%
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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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121092/oakdale/topic/religion