42.8% ▲ +70.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Horsham · Urban Centre
Religion in Horsham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Horsham report having no religion, which is a significant jump in the number of non-religious residents. This shift makes Horsham more likely to be non-religious than both the state and national averages. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the community has become noticeably less religious over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion rose by 18 percentage points since 2011, reaching 42.8% and sitting well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other major groups include Christians at 48.3%, followed by smaller numbers of Hindus (0.9%), Buddhists (0.5%), and Muslims (0.4%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Horsham, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 14.3%
- Other Christian 11.2%
- Uniting Church 10.9%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 42.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213007/horsham/topic/religion