40.6% —
Lower than 51% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rest of Qld · Capital City
Religion in Rest of Qld
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Around the middle of similar areas for its level, the Rest of Qld shows a shift in faith with 40.6% of people reporting no religion. This is a little above the national figure and represents a significant rise in those without a faith over recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.2%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions each account for around 1% or less. The number of people with no religion rose 12 points since 2016 to reach 40.6%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rest of Qld, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 18.7%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Rest of Qld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3RQLD/rest-of-qld/topic/religion