31.5% ▲ +178.7%
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hughes · Federal Electorate
Religion in Hughes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and spiritual identity vary widely in Hughes, where over half the population identifies as Christian. While the number of people claiming no religion has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011, the area remains more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 58.0%, followed by those with no religion at 31.5%. This last group is much smaller than in most similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hughes, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 27.0%
- Anglican 15.2%
- Orthodox 5.3%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 31.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED119/hughes/topic/religion