43.8% ▲ +87.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Seymour · Urban Centre
Religion in Seymour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Seymour now identify as having no religion. This shift is reflected in the fact that nearly 44% of the population currently reports no religious affiliation, a figure that is well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 43.8% of residents are Christians, an equal share of 43.8% now claim no religion. This represents a significant rise of 20 percentage points since 2011, leaving Seymour well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Seymour splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 21.4%
- Anglican 11.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- No religion 43.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214019/seymour/topic/religion