56.8% ▲ +132.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Marong · Urban Centre
Religion in Marong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Marong (L) now report having no religion. This represents a massive shift in the community's identity, with the number of people identifying as non-religious jumping 32 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident is now far more likely to be non-religious than those in the rest of Victoria, with 56.8% reporting no religion. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 35.6%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Islam are very rare here.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Marong, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 56.6%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
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 Marong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221046/marong/topic/religion