43.8% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rutherglen · Urban Centre
Religion in Rutherglen
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 44% of people in Rutherglen report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a significant shift in the area, where those without a religious faith have increased by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Half of the population identifies as Christian, while 43.8% report no religion, which is 4.9 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 0.4% and Buddhism at 0.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (44%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 21.9%
- Anglican 16.4%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Baptist 0.1%
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215076/rutherglen/topic/religion