44.8% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wide Bay · Federal Electorate
Religion in Wide Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 19 percentage point rise in those with no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Wide Bay since 2011. Now, 44.8% of people here report no religious affiliation, making it a more secular area than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of residents claim no religion, a figure well above the 38.9% seen across Australia. Christianity follows closely at 44.2%, while smaller groups include Buddhists at 0.8% and Hindus at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wide Bay splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 14.1%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED329/wide-bay/topic/religion