55.6% ▲ +124.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Capel · Urban Centre
Religion in Capel
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift away from faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Capel jump by 31 percentage points since 2011. This change means over half the population now reports no religious affiliation, a figure far higher than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (55.6%) claim no religion, which is far above the 38.9% national figure. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian at 35.7%, while Buddhism accounts for 0.7% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Capel, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 54.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 12.4%
- Catholic 11.5%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515005/capel/topic/religion