46.2% ▲ +69.5%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brisbane · Federal Electorate
Religion in Brisbane
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 7.3 percentage points separates Brisbane from the national average in terms of secularity. Nearly half of the people here report having no religion, making the city far more likely to be non-religious than the rest of the country. This shift has accelerated quickly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 46.2%, a figure that rose 19 points since 2011. This is well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%, while other major groups include Christianity at 40.4%, Hinduism at 2.5% and Buddhism at 2.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Brisbane, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 8.7%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED304/brisbane/topic/religion