37.2% ▲ +79.2%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brewarrina · Council (LGA)
Religion in Brewarrina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no religion has changed the local landscape in Brewarrina. While 43.8% of residents identify as Christians, the number of people without a faith jumped by 16 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.2%. This shift reflects a growing trend toward secularism in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 37.2% of people with no religion is lower than in most similar areas, though it sits well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little below the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Brewarrina, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (17%).
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- Anglican 17.6%
- Catholic 17.2%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
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- No religion 36.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11200/brewarrina/topic/religion