54.1% ▲ +94.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Clunes · Urban Centre
Religion in Clunes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Clunes now identify as having no religion, marking a major shift in the town's social landscape. This lack of religious affiliation is far more common here than in the rest of the state or the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 54.1% of people report no religion, a figure that has risen 26 points since 2011 and is far above the Victorian average of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common group at 36.9%, followed by Buddhism at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Clunes, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 52.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
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- Catholic 14.3%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221019/clunes/topic/religion