54.7% ▲ +65.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Anglesea · Urban Centre
Religion in Anglesea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Anglesea report having no religion, creating a landscape where secular views are the norm. This shift is striking, as the number of residents without a faith has jumped by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident here is more likely to have no religion (54.7%) than any other affiliation, a figure far above the 38.9% national average. This is the dominant group, followed by Christians at 36.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Anglesea, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 54.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.0%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/religion