41.7% ▲ +126.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Fairy · Urban Centre
Religion in Port Fairy
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Port Fairy identify as Christian, though a growing number now claim no faith. This shift is clear in the data, as the number of residents with no religion has jumped by 23 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.4% of residents are Christians, while 41.7% report no religion, a figure slightly above the national average. Other faiths are rare here, with Islam and Buddhism each making up less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Fairy, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 25.1%
- Anglican 11.7%
- Uniting Church 5.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- 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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/religion