43.2% ▲ +83.3%
Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forde · Federal Electorate
Religion in Forde
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Forde report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This reflects a significant shift in the local community, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical person here has no religion, a figure that is well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity follows closely at 42.5%, while Islam, other religions, and Buddhism make up smaller shares of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forde splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 10.1%
- Other Christian 8.0%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Pentecostal 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Sikhism 1.1%
- 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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED312/forde/topic/religion