50.4% ▲ +115.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hopetoun · Urban Centre
Religion in Hopetoun
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Hopetoun now report having no religion. This reflects a major shift in the community's spiritual landscape, as the number of non-religious residents has jumped by 27 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. This is much higher than in most other similar areas, while 36.7% of the population identify as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hopetoun, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 49.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Anglican 11.5%
- Catholic 10.4%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521025/hopetoun/topic/religion