53.3% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Smiths Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Smiths Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Smiths Beach from the national average for people with no religion. Over half the population now reports no religious affiliation, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (53.3%) have no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. This group has grown significantly, rising 17 points since 2011, while 38.4% of the population identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Smiths Beach, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 52.9%
- Secular beliefs 1.6%
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- Catholic 17.5%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Orthodox 2.9%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222085/smiths-beach/topic/religion