41.9% —
Higher than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greater Brisbane · Capital City
Religion in Greater Brisbane
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is shaping daily life in Greater Brisbane, where 41.9% of people now report having no religion. This reflects a significant move away from traditional faith, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 11 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 44.3%, though those with no religion now make up 41.9% of the population. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average and well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greater Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 9.7%
- Other Christian 6.4%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.1%
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- No religion 41.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- 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 Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/religion