44.8% —
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Religion in Remainder of State/Territory
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Remainder of State/Territory (Vic.) report having no religion. This is a much higher figure than across Victoria and the rest of Australia. While many people still identify as Christian, the area is increasingly secular.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 44.8% of the population, which is well above the 39.3% seen in Victoria. Christianity follows closely at 43.3%, while Buddhism, Islam, and other faiths each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Remainder of State/Territory splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.8%
- Anglican 10.5%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL231001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion