36.6% ▲ +70.2%
Lower than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rankin · Federal Electorate
Religion in Rankin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Rankin, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 15 percentage points since 2011. Despite this change, the area remains more religious than the state and national averages. Christianity is still the most common faith here, held by 41.6% of residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 36.6% of people now claim no religion, this is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Other significant groups include Islam at 6.7%, Buddhism at 2.8%, and Hinduism at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Rankin splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (37%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 14.7%
- Other Christian 9.2%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Baptist 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Pentecostal 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.4%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED327/rankin/topic/religion