46.9% ▲ +101.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Centre
Religion in Bacchus Marsh
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Bacchus Marsh reports having no religion. This shift is the most striking local trend, as the number of people with no religious affiliation has more than doubled since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47% of residents now claim no religion, a figure well above the national 38.9% and the Victorian 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common group at 42.2%, while other faiths like Hinduism (1.6%) and Islam (0.8%) make up a small part of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bacchus Marsh splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 46.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 8.7%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Sikhism 2.2%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212001/bacchus-marsh/topic/religion