44.1% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geelong · Urban Centre
Religion in Geelong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people now report having no religion in Geelong, with 44.1% of the population falling into this group. This shift means that those without a faith now slightly outnumber those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.1% of the area, which is well above the figures for both Victoria (39.3%) and Australia (38.9%). Other main groups include Christians at 43.4%, followed by smaller communities of Muslims (1.9%), Hindus (1.8%) and Buddhists (1.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 43.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203003/geelong/topic/religion