37.0% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Diggers Rest · Urban Centre
Religion in Diggers Rest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise in the number of people reporting no religion has shaped the spiritual landscape of Diggers Rest over the last decade. While 43.8% of residents identify as Christians, the proportion of those with no faith grew by 9.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.0%. This shift mirrors broader trends across the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 37.0% of the population, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other significant groups include those of other religions at 5.4%, Hindus at 4.7%, and Muslims at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Diggers Rest, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 26.0%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Orthodox 3.0%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
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- No religion 36.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 5.1%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214007/diggers-rest/topic/religion