33.0% —
Lower than 71% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rest of NT · Capital City
Religion in Rest of NT
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify as having no religion in Rest of NT than in most similar areas. While 33% of the population reports no faith, this is well below the typical figure for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.7%, though the number of people with no religion rose 8.6 percentage points since 2016 to reach 33%. Other religions account for 4.5% of the population, including Hinduism at 1.1% and Buddhism at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rest of NT, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (33%) and Not stated (13%).
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- Catholic 15.0%
- Other Christian 12.7%
- Anglican 6.3%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Baptist 4.1%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 32.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 3.7%
- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7RNTE/rest-of-nt/topic/religion