29.3% ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkes · Federal Electorate
Religion in Parkes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Parkes identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While more people have moved away from organised religion since 2011, the town remains more religious than both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the main faith at 55.3%, while 29.3% of residents report no religion. This last group has risen 9.6 points since 2011, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parkes, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 23.6%
- Anglican 19.4%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 29.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED134/parkes/topic/religion