56.5% ▲ +45.2%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Echunga · Urban Centre
Religion in Echunga
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Echunga identify as having no religion. This is a striking shift for the area, where the number of residents without a religious affiliation has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 56.5%, a figure far above the national average of 38.9% and among the highest for similar areas. This reflects a significant trend, as the proportion of people reporting no religion rose 18 points since 2011; Christianity is the next largest group at 33.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Echunga, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 34%.
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- No religion 55.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 10.2%
- Uniting Church 7.8%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Baptist 2.7%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421010/echunga/topic/religion