52.0% ▲ +104.7%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Trafalgar · Urban Centre
Religion in Trafalgar
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of residents in Trafalgar now report having no religion, marking a sharp shift in the town's spiritual landscape. This figure has climbed rapidly since 2011, making the area much less religious than most other similar places across the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion has jumped 27 points since 2011 to reach 52.0%, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.5%, followed by small numbers of Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Trafalgar, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 40%.
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- No religion 51.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215086/trafalgar/topic/religion