45.9% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Griffith · Federal Electorate
Religion in Griffith
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 46% of people in Griffith report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years. This makes the area much less religious than most other parts of the region. While Christianity remains common, the shift toward no religious affiliation is the most striking trend here.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of residents (45.9%) now claim no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is a significant change, as the number of people with no religion rose 20 percentage points since 2011. Other main groups include Christians at 40.9%, Buddhists at 2.1%, and Hindus at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Griffith splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.4%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED313/griffith/topic/religion