46.0% ▲ +305.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Paynesville · Urban Centre
Religion in Paynesville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward having no religion has been huge in Paynesville, with that group growing by 35 percentage points since 2011. This change means nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the community is split almost evenly between those with a religion and those without.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46% of people here have no religion, a figure well above the 38.9% national average. This is the second most common group after Christians, who make up 47.4% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Paynesville splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Anglican 17.2%
- Catholic 14.1%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 45.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215068/paynesville/topic/religion