52.7% ▲ +72.8%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Opossum Bay · Urban Centre
Religion in Opossum Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Opossum Bay (L) report having no religion. This reflects a significant shift in the area, as the number of residents without a faith has jumped by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half the population (52.7%) now identifies as having no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common group at 38.1%, while other faiths like Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are not recorded here.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Opossum Bay, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 52.1%
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- Anglican 19.9%
- Catholic 12.8%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622019/opossum-bay/topic/religion