49.8% ▲ +152.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads · Urban Centre
Religion in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This represents a major shift for the area, where the number of people with no religious affiliation has jumped by 30 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (49.8%) now claim no religion, which is 11 percentage points higher than in Victoria and across Australia. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 42.4%, while Buddhism, Islam, and other religions each account for 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 49.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.9%
- Anglican 10.1%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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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 Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212004/ocean-grove-barwon-heads/topic/religion