52.8% ▲ +111.8%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penguin · Urban Centre
Religion in Penguin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Penguin now report having no religion, reflecting a major shift in the town's spiritual landscape. This trend has grown rapidly over the last decade, with the number of non-religious people rising by 28 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident of Penguin is now more likely to have no religion (52.8%) than a religious one, a figure far above the national rate of 38.9%. Christianity remains the next most common affiliation at 39.4%, while other faiths like Hinduism and Islam are very rare at 0.4% and 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Penguin, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 52.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 12.1%
- Catholic 11.0%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/religion