47.4% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Tailem Bend · Urban Centre
Religion in Tailem Bend
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Tailem Bend, where the number of people claiming no religion jumped 20 percentage points since 2011. This group now makes up 47.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half the community now reports no religion, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 37.7%, while other religions account for just 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Tailem Bend, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (14%).
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- No religion 46.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 11.4%
- Other Christian 8.9%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Uniting Church 7.4%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Tailem Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415040/tailem-bend/topic/religion