41.5% ▲ +65.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rochester · Urban Centre
Religion in Rochester
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people claiming no religion has shaped the spiritual landscape of Rochester since 2011. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the number of residents without a religious affiliation has jumped by 16 percentage points over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (49.6%) identify as Christian, while 41.5% report no religion. This latter group is a little above the national figure of 38.9% and the Victorian figure of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rochester, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Uniting Church 6.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 6.0%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 40.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Rochester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215073/rochester/topic/religion