38.9% ▲ +74.4%
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Australia · Australia
Religion in Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 4 in 10 people across Australia now report having no religion, reflecting a major shift in how people identify. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 43.9%, the number of people without a religious affiliation has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 38.9% of the population, a figure that rose 17 points since 2011. Other common faiths include Islam at 3.2%, Hinduism at 2.7%, and Buddhism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Australia splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 38.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/aus/AUS/australia/topic/religion