49.0% ▲ +79.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Neerim South · Urban Centre
Religion in Neerim South
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of all people in Neerim South report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This shift is the defining story of the area's faith, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (49.0%) now identify as having no religion, which is well above the 39.3% figure for Victoria. Christianity is the next most common faith at 40.3%, followed by Buddhism at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Neerim South, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Secular beliefs 1.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 14.0%
- Anglican 13.2%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Neerim South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215063/neerim-south/topic/religion