48.4% ▲ +75.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ararat · Urban Centre
Religion in Ararat
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Ararat report having no religion, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This shift is striking, as the number of people with no faith has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 48.4%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident of Ararat is more likely to have no religion than those in the rest of Victoria or Australia, with 48.4% reporting no faith. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 40.4%, followed by Hinduism at 1.2% and Islam at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ararat, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.7%
- Anglican 8.6%
- Uniting Church 6.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214001/ararat/topic/religion